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Object Number
2001.29.30394
Display Title
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Exp VI - Bw 120-80-12 / Scraping a hide / with an adze / He scrapes toward / himself"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass." and "For restricted use / not for publication / copy no."
Department
Photographic
Date
1957-1958
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 12.065 × 9.525 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor
Lorna Marshall
Donor
John Marshall
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