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[Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
[Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30456
Display Title [Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark (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: 20.32 × 16.51 cm (8 × 6 1/2 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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"Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk
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Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
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Gautscha
Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30364 Names on baobab trees: "Crooked /Qui" beginning to climb a baobab tree using pegs that have been driven into the bark (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.877 [Baobab tree]: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk
2001.29.14550 "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree using the pegs driven into the bark; the name "Mattenkloot" (German soldier Wilhelm Mattenkloot’s last name) is visible carved into the trunk
Gautscha
Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" starting to climb a baobab tree, showing the pegs for climbing and the names carved in the tree
2001.29.2164 Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" starting to climb a baobab tree, showing the pegs for climbing and the names carved in the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
2001.29.2163 Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
2001.29.2162 Hunting: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree, showing pegs for climbing and names carved in the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Baobab which the boys climb without pegs, bare of leaves
2001.29.25994 Baobab which the boys climb without pegs, bare of leaves
Gautscha
Scenery, Baobab: "Crooked /Qui" climbing a baobab tree with names carved into it
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
John Marshall pointing at holes for pegs on a baobab tree
2001.29.12393 John Marshall pointing at holes for pegs on a baobab tree
Gautscha
Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up
2001.29.14552 Pegs in the baobab tree used for climbing, close-up
Gautscha