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Object Number
2001.29.31389
Display Title
"Djani": Djani (helicopter toy)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Stamped on photograph (verso): "Smithsonian Institution / Museum of Natural History / Photographic Laboratory / Neg. no. MNH- [handwritten annotation: 2178]"
Department
Photographic
Date
1950-1966
Culture
- San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 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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!["The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/745212/postagestamp)
!["The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/745214/postagestamp)
!["The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/745209/postagestamp)
!["The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/745216/postagestamp)
!["The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/745217/postagestamp)
!["The Jani [Djani]": Djani bird (helicopter toy) and its stick and a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/745219/postagestamp)
!["The Jani [Djani]": Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/745218/postagestamp)
