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for Children, Eating: N!ai (≠Toma's niece) giving a drink of water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], to /Gaishay (her half-brother)
Object Number
2001.29.257
Display Title
Children, Eating: N!ai (≠Toma's niece) giving a drink of water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], to /Gaishay (her half-brother)
Descriptions
Object Description
≠Toma’s niece N!ai offers her half-brother Gaishay a drink from an ostrich eggshell container, 1953. Photograph probably by Anneliese Scherz.
Subject
- Ostrich Eggshell
Department
Photographic
Date
1951-1953
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials
slide, 35mm
Provenance
Donor
Lorna Marshall
Donor
John Marshall
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