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Woman digging up a root, with a baby tied to her back
Woman digging up a root, with a baby tied to her back
Object Number 2001.29.362
Display Title Woman digging up a root, with a baby tied to her back
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on note stapled to paper: (1952-3) / of 136-11 / a woman has / dug up an / edible root / !Kung Bushmen"
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.6 × 20.32 cm (6 9/16 × 8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Woman digging up a root, with a baby tied to her back
2001.29.737 Woman digging up a root, with a baby tied to her back
Gautscha
Woman digging up a root, with a baby tied to her back
2001.29.14385 Woman digging up a root, with a baby tied to her back
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.736 Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.736.1 Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Food Gathering, Children: Woman holding a large root she has dug up, sitting with a child next to her, showing her scarification on her face
2001.29.1715 Food Gathering, Children: Woman holding a large root she has dug up, sitting with a child next to her, showing her scarification on her face
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30205 Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
2001.29.30205.1 Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Woman sitting in the grass by a hole she made digging up a root (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30078 [No folder title]: Woman sitting in the grass by a hole she made digging up a root (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30200 Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Woman digging veldkos with her digging stick, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30079 [No folder title]: Woman digging veldkos with her digging stick, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
2001.29.14384 Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Woman digging in the grass for roots, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30206 Digging for roots: Woman digging in the grass for roots, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha