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The Silver Thread — real places & people
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Places of awe
The Kalahari — the place they just call home.
NeilMoll, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Nyae Nyae pans — water, grass and distance.
Hp.Baumeler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Camelthorn and red sand — the bush that unmakes a soldier.
Dr. Thomas Wagner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Things of wonder (made by hand)
San rock art — the oldest continuous storytelling on Earth.
Southern San Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ostrich-eggshell beadwork — wealth that is given away.
Nkansah Rexford, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The hunter's bow — patience as the deepest gift.
DVL2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peoples, in their own dress
The San — people who own almost nothing and are calm in any room.
sjorford, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The healing dance — the silver thread itself.
Kgara Kevin Rack, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The tracker who reads the ground — Kxao's craft.
DVL2, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- (no free image found for: An elder of the band — the clown-grandfather, the storytelling grandmother.)
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