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"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Two women and boys dancing, with a group of women sitting and clapping at the beginning of a dance (print is a cropped image)
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Two women and boys dancing, with a group of women sitting and clapping at the beginning of a dance (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30495.1
Display Title "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Two women and boys dancing, with a group of women sitting and clapping at the beginning of a dance (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Typed on label adhered to board (verso): "#140-2 - From Laurence K. Marshall / Bechuanaland / Kalahari Bushmen / Dance I."; stamped on photograph (verso): "Jan 1961 BC 1 / Rec'd Jan 1961"; written in pencil on board (verso): "Daytime Dance @ Gautscha / Women Dancing"
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 Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.955 × 20.32 cm (8 1/4 × 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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