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Cosmetics container, tortoise shell and ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia, !Kangwa; !Kung (San)
Collected by Richard B. Lee, 1964.
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Lee's research was encouraged by UC physical anthropologist Sherwood Washburn, who wanted to explore the possible relevance of contemporary hunter-gatherers like the !Kung to early man in East Africa. This is a fine example of the kind of domestic object made by the nomadic people (formerly called "Bushmen") from natural materials. Inside is a cotton powder puff.
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