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Object Number 58-43-50/10298
Display Title N!o gourd filled with sa powder
Descriptions
Indigenous Term N!o; sa
Inventory Description Jar, carved round gourd, orange pigmented geometric designs
Classification
  • Jar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Africa / Botswana
Additional Geographic Terms Africa, Southwest: Gautsche Pan, vicinity of; Kai Kai, ca. 20 mi W of
Dimensions Overall: 11.8 x 11.9 x 11.6 cm (4 5/8 x 4 11/16 x 4 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-43-50/10298
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Southwest Africa Expedition (Spring & Summer 1958)
Collector John Marshall (1958)
Collector Robert G. Gardner (1958)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Gourd filled with n/ powder
58-43-50/10297.1 Gourd filled with n/ powder
Gourd
Botswana
Namibia
Gourd filled with n/ powder
58-43-50/10297 Gourd filled with n/ powder
Gourd
Botswana
Namibia
Image Not Available for N//aba, N/aoku, /Oβa, N/kxabe, Dadum, Tomku, and Sãõ?//e standing in a line singing and clapping
2001.29.24466 N//aba, N/aoku, /Oβa, N/kxabe, Dadum, Tomku, and Sãõ?//e standing in a line singing and clapping
!Go Tsao
Image Not Available for Sãõ?//e, Tomku, "old Nǂisa", N//aba, /Oβa, and other women clapping; people sitting in the background
2001.29.24464 Sãõ?//e, Tomku, "old Nǂisa", N//aba, /Oβa, and other women clapping; people sitting in the background
!Go Tsao
Perfume gourd filled with fragrant bark
29-75-50/H895 Perfume gourd filled with fragrant bark
Gourd
Liberia
Old powder gourd, covered with knitted (?), fibre and with wooden stopper (eloma
35-31-50/1140 Old powder gourd, covered with knitted (?), fibre and with wooden stopper (eloma
Jar
Cameroon
Image Not Available for N/kxabe, Sãõ?//e, and "old Nǂisa" singing and clapping
2001.29.24490 N/kxabe, Sãõ?//e, and "old Nǂisa" singing and clapping
!Go Tsao
Bag of sa powder - cosmetic powder and deodorant
58-43-50/10293 Bag of sa powder - cosmetic powder and deodorant
Wood
Botswana
Namibia
Image Not Available for N/kxabe, Dadum, Tomku, and Sãõ?//e singing and clapping
2001.29.29782 N/kxabe, Dadum, Tomku, and Sãõ?//e singing and clapping
!Go Tsao
Image Not Available for N/kxabe, Sãõ?//e, and "old Nǂisa" singing and clapping
2001.29.29789 N/kxabe, Sãõ?//e, and "old Nǂisa" singing and clapping
!Go Tsao
Image Not Available for N/kxabe, Dadum, Tomku, and Sãõ?//e singing and clapping
2001.29.24483 N/kxabe, Dadum, Tomku, and Sãõ?//e singing and clapping
!Go Tsao
Gourds filled with paint
14-50-30/86804 Gourds filled with paint
Jar
Guyana
British Guiana