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"Mortar and pestle": Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar (print is a cropped image)
"Mortar and pestle": Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30415
Display Title "Mortar and pestle": Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.6375 cm (6 1/2 × 8 1/8 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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