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"1950's 400 series": Gnarled tree root (print is a cropped image)
"1950's 400 series": Gnarled tree root (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31553
Display Title "1950's 400 series": Gnarled tree root (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Merl La Voy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Kunene / Kaokoveld
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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"1950's 400 series": Small logs or platform in tree (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31564 "1950's 400 series": Small logs or platform in tree (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Expedition members pushing and driving a truck out of the sand (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31594 "1950's 400 series": Expedition members pushing and driving a truck out of the sand (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Expedition members standing on and next to truck, and chains laid out ahead of wheels (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31589 "1950's 400 series": Expedition members standing on and next to truck, and chains laid out ahead of wheels (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Tire chains for expedition truck laid out in the track (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31575 "1950's 400 series": Tire chains for expedition truck laid out in the track (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Two expedition members standing on beach looking at water (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31593 "1950's 400 series": Two expedition members standing on beach looking at water (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Ditch on shore, with water in background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31592 "1950's 400 series": Ditch on shore, with water in background (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Men digging a ditch (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31588 "1950's 400 series": Men digging a ditch (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Front of expedition truck, with sand and chains (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31591 "1950's 400 series": Front of expedition truck, with sand and chains (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Rear wheel of expedition truck, with sand and chain (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31590 "1950's 400 series": Rear wheel of expedition truck, with sand and chain (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Landscape with cliffs and sand (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31574 "1950's 400 series": Landscape with cliffs and sand (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Expedition truck, after being pushed out of the sand (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31577 "1950's 400 series": Expedition truck, after being pushed out of the sand (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld
"1950's 400 series": Expedition members standing and looking at the truck, with brush under the wheels, at the crest of a hill (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31576 "1950's 400 series": Expedition members standing and looking at the truck, with brush under the wheels, at the crest of a hill (print is a cropped image)
Kaokoveld