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N!ai wearing a kerchief on her head and a blanket for a kaross, squatting
N!ai wearing a kerchief on her head and a blanket for a kaross, squatting
Object Number 2001.29.262
Display Title N!ai wearing a kerchief on her head and a blanket for a kaross, squatting
Descriptions
Subject
  • Girl
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Mangetti Forest
Additional Geographic Terms !O
Materials Slide, color
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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N!ai and ≠Nisa wearing Western clothes, with Di!ai in her kaross
2001.29.10167 N!ai and ≠Nisa wearing Western clothes, with Di!ai in her kaross
Mangetti Forest
N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
2001.29.17517 N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, view from behind
2001.29.17518 N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, view from behind
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, with a woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground in the background, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
2001.29.17082 Man squatting, with a woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground in the background, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, view from behind
2001.29.17516 N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, view from behind
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai (/Qui's wife) sitting, with N/aoka (her daughter) standing next to her, wearing a kaross
2001.29.12005 N!ai (/Qui's wife) sitting, with N/aoka (her daughter) standing next to her, wearing a kaross
Gautscha
N!ai wearing Western clothes
2001.29.10164 N!ai wearing Western clothes
Mangetti Forest
N!ai and ≠Nisa wearing Western clothes, with three children nearby
2001.29.10165 N!ai and ≠Nisa wearing Western clothes, with three children nearby
Mangetti Forest
N!ai and ≠Nisa wearing Western clothes, with three children nearby
2001.29.10166 N!ai and ≠Nisa wearing Western clothes, with three children nearby
Mangetti Forest
N!ai holding a //guashi with her hands, sitting with Baou in front of a skerm
2001.29.10155 N!ai holding a //guashi with her hands, sitting with Baou in front of a skerm
Mangetti Forest
N!ai sitting by a skerm, with her head down
2001.29.10150 N!ai sitting by a skerm, with her head down
Mangetti Forest
/Ti!kay's wife wearing a kerchief, with a child standing behind her
2001.29.10183 /Ti!kay's wife wearing a kerchief, with a child standing behind her
Mangetti Forest