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Children getting mealie meal from a large iron pot
Children getting mealie meal from a large iron pot
Object Number 2001.29.40
Display Title Children getting mealie meal from a large iron pot
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Kavango East / Kaudom National Park / Cho/ana
Materials Polaroid
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 12.3825 cm (3 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Men from the WNLA (Witwatersrand Native Labor Association) convoy standing around a large iron pot of mealie meal, close-up of the pot
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2001.29.29099 !U carrying a large basin of mealie meal, with a child tied to her back, seen from behind (print is a cropped image)
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!U carrying a large basin of mealie meal, with a child tied to her back, seen from behind
2001.29.23347 !U carrying a large basin of mealie meal, with a child tied to her back, seen from behind
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!U dipping mealie porridge from a pot with !Ungka Norna and other unidentified children behind her
2001.29.28646 !U dipping mealie porridge from a pot with !Ungka Norna and other unidentified children behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!U dipping mealie porridge from a pot with !Ungka Norna and other unidentified children behind her
2001.29.22685 !U dipping mealie porridge from a pot with !Ungka Norna and other unidentified children behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
WNLA (Witwatersrand Native Labor Association) convoy cook standing next to a cauldron of mealie porridge
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Cho/ana
WNLA (Witwatersrand Native Labor Association) convoy cook making mealie porridge, with a group of men watching, most wearing mine helmets
2001.29.14973 WNLA (Witwatersrand Native Labor Association) convoy cook making mealie porridge, with a group of men watching, most wearing mine helmets
Cho/ana
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Tsumkwe
WNLA (Witwatersrand Native Labor Association) cook making mealie porridge, a group of men watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26284 WNLA (Witwatersrand Native Labor Association) cook making mealie porridge, a group of men watching (print is a cropped image)
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Group of people (mostly children) getting water beside a canvas
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!U pounding bone meal and pigment with a stone on her kaross, with two children sitting next to her, her husband, ≠Toma, scraping a skin in the background
2001.29.16834 !U pounding bone meal and pigment with a stone on her kaross, with two children sitting next to her, her husband, ≠Toma, scraping a skin in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two broken pots, one whole pot, and a basket holding grain meal; a woman's hand is holding a pestle and the basket
2001.29.19080 Two broken pots, one whole pot, and a basket holding grain meal; a woman's hand is holding a pestle and the basket
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