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Object Number
2001.29.30448.1
Display Title
[Baobab tree]: Large baobab tree that has names carved into the trunk, distant view (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "1952-3 / Exp III 128-2 / 5 / A Baobab in the / Nyae Nyae area of the / Kalahari Desert. Near / Gautscha Pan in S. W. A. / ca. 20°34' E, 19°48' S. / Where our studies of / ! Kung Bushmen were / made. / Typical terrain. / Marshall"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass."
Department
Photographic
Date
1952-1953
Artist
Anneliese Scherz
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/
Gautscha
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 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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