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Object Number
2001.29.2
Display Title
John Marshall and Claire Ritchie Ju/'hoan genealogical cards
Descriptions
Archival Scope and Content
The genealogical cards comprise index cards with demographic and kinship information collected in Tsumkwe and other Ju/’hoan settlements in South West Africa by John Marshall and Claire Ritchie from 1980 to 1984. Their goal was to determine changes in birth and date rates, causes of death, age at first menstruation, age at first pregnancy, and other data to assess socio/economic conditions and to evaluate the effects of various development projects. Statistical data from the genealogical cards was used in John Marshall and Claire Ritchie’s publication Where are the Ju’/hoansi of Nyae Naye, University of Cape Town Press, 1984.
Department
Archival, Paper
Archives
Archival Collection - Series
Date
1980-1984
Artist
John Marshall
Artist
Claire Ritchie
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
Materials
Paper
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 × 20.32 cm (5 × 8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Lorna Marshall
Donor
Donated by
John Marshall
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