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Group of people beside the water; some women are bathing and others are filling ostrich egg shells with water (print is a cropped image)
Group of people beside the water; some women are bathing and others are filling ostrich egg shells with water (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.409
Display Title Group of people beside the water; some women are bathing and others are filling ostrich egg shells with water (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama Pan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 20.32 cm (5 x 8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Group of people beside the water; some women are bathing and others are filling ostrich egg shells with water
2001.29.639 Group of people beside the water; some women are bathing and others are filling ostrich egg shells with water
Nama Pan
Image Not Available for Group of people beside the water; some women are bathing and others are filling ostrich egg shells with water
2001.29.22921 Group of people beside the water; some women are bathing and others are filling ostrich egg shells with water
Nama Pan
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Two women standing beside Nama Pan holding ostrich egg shells with unidentified people in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31157 [No folder title]: Two women standing beside Nama Pan holding ostrich egg shells with unidentified people in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Image Not Available for "Waterhole / Gwia": Two women filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30532 "Waterhole / Gwia": Two women filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
2001.29.2230 ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Water: Three men filling ostrich egg shells at a waterhole, with two women sitting behind them
2001.29.2229 Water: Three men filling ostrich egg shells at a waterhole, with two women sitting behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Water: ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
2001.29.3181 Water: ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Two women standing beside Nama Pan holding ostrich egg shells with unidentified people in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31157.2 [No folder title]: Two women standing beside Nama Pan holding ostrich egg shells with unidentified people in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Two women standing beside Nama Pan holding ostrich egg shells with unidentified people in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31157.1 [No folder title]: Two women standing beside Nama Pan holding ostrich egg shells with unidentified people in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Image Not Available for "Waterhole / Gwia": Two boys filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30527 "Waterhole / Gwia": Two boys filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Khuan//a (Gau's wife) sitting with ostrich egg shells and children playing in the water behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28829 Khuan//a (Gau's wife) sitting with ostrich egg shells and children playing in the water behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Image Not Available for [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)
2001.29.31163 [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)
Nama Pan