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Tsamgao wearing a badger hair headdress
Tsamgao wearing a badger hair headdress
Object Number 2001.29.28705
Display Title Tsamgao wearing a badger hair headdress
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 12.3825 cm (4 × 4 7/8 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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Tsamgao wearing a badger hair headdress
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Gautscha
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Pouch
United States