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Object Number
2001.29.31434
Display Title
"Children": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on note stapled to paper: "4-6 / A !Kung baby / The one with / Mongolian / spot / see 27-9 / This baby is in / carrying children / category too"
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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 16.51 cm (8 × 6 1/2 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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