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"Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
"Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30707.1
Display Title "Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on label adhered to photograph (verso): "Marshall / 58 / Chap. 10"; written on photograph (verso): "B / +25 / [crossed out: 7 3/8 to 3 / 140-11"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass.", "[crossed out: Credit to / Peabody Museum / Harvard University]" and "[crossed out: For restricted use / not for publication / copy no. / L. Marshall"
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: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 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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