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Object Number
2001.29.31388
Display Title
"Djani": //kwai≠kabe holding a jani bird toy (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on label adhered to board (verso): "Marshall / [crossed out: 56] 57 / Chap. 10"
Department
Photographic
Date
1955
Culture
- /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Botswana
/
Ghanzi
/
Central Kalahari Game Reserve
/
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 13.6525 cm (8 × 5 3/8 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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