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"/Qui Navel" demonstrating how to shoot an arrow with a bow
"/Qui Navel" demonstrating how to shoot an arrow with a bow
Object Number 2001.29.31895
Display Title "/Qui Navel" demonstrating how to shoot an arrow with a bow
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Used in color in Vanishing Peoples of the Earth, National Geographic, 1968 / p. 60 / "Testing his sinew bowstring, a Bushman prepares for a hunt. With / poisoned arrows, he kills kudu, hartebeest, springbok, & other game / animals that range the Kalahari. The papae of certain beetles yield / the powerful poison; hunters crush the grubs & smear the juice on / their arrows directly behind the points. None of the deadly substance / goes on the sharp bone or metal heads - a single dro entering a man's / bloodstream through an accidental cut or scratch would kill him / within a day . . . ." / Credit: Laurence K. Marshall / 50 / 116-19"
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama Pan
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 35.5601 × 27.9401 cm (14 × 11 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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Raw Material
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