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Object Number
2001.29.30789
Display Title
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": !U sitting with a group of people, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "!U drilling holes in ostrich egg shell / for beads / Can't find number or negative"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass." and "For restricted use / not for publication / Copy no. [handwritten annotation: Unnumbered B] / L. Marshall"
Department
Photographic
Date
1957-1958
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials
Print, black and white
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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