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Bag; Hide; Ostrich-eggshell; Beads; Copper; Glass; Plastic; Sinew
Bag; Hide; Ostrich-eggshell; Beads; Copper; Glass; Plastic; Sinew
Object Number 2004.24.33134
Display Title Bag; Hide; Ostrich-eggshell; Beads; Copper; Glass; Plastic; Sinew
Descriptions
Object Description 3.91.67 bag. Ju Wasi.
Keywords
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Bag
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia
Additional Geographic Terms Nyae Nyae Area; Kalahari Desert
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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Namibia
Pubic apron; hide, ostrich-eggshell beads, sinew, seed casings or insect carapaces, residual pigment and fat
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Bag
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Namibia
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Skirt
Botswana
Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of black glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black, white and red glass bead zigzag pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads and black and white glass beads on either side
2011.27.2 Beaded cache sex; waist band of ostrich eggshell beads with horizontal rows of black glass beads at center; dangling central panel with black, white and red glass bead zigzag pattern; dangling strings of ostrich eggshell beads and black and white glass beads on either side
Skirt
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Pouch; hide; pigment; sinew; glass beads
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Namibia
Tortoiseshell pouch with 9 drilled holes; 8 pendant strings of ostrich eggshell beads and glass bead, one string missing; hide strap; holds organic material; textile fragment stuffed into opening
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Pouch
Botswana
Children, Mother and children: Woman wearing fiber bracelets, copper ring on a string of beads in her hair, a triangular ostrich eggshell bead ornament, and sha sha (root used in the choa ceremony), standing and holding a baby
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Namibia
Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
2004.24.33140.2 Headband with ostrich eggshell beads
Namibia