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Object Number
2001.29.31163
Display Title
[No folder title]: Khuan//a (Gau's wife) placing ostrich egg shells wrapped in grass in her kaross with her child standing beside her (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on board (verso): "A !Kung Bushman woman placing her ostrich egg / shell water containers in her kaross. The / kaross is tied over her shoulder and around / her waist to make a pouch for carrying / her possessions / (Khuan//a 2nd wi of Gau and her youngest son)"
Department
Photographic
Date
1955
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/
Nama Pan
Dimensions
Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 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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