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for "Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Object Number
2001.29.30787
Display Title
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "L. K. Marshall / The making of ostrich egg shell beads. / A hole is drilled in a fragment; the fragments are strung tightly on a thong / and rubbed with a stone till they / are uniform round disks. 16 cm / 101/2 / 101-2 [crossed out: ?]"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Anneliese Scherz - Windhoek / Box 180"
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
Dimensions
Overall: 16.8275 × 15.24 cm (6 5/8 × 6 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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