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Water container (ostrich egg)
Water container (ostrich egg)
Object Number 2004.24.32715
Display Title Water container (ostrich egg)
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Household
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Canteen
Department Photographic
Date 1991
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Broken ostrich eggshell water container
2004.24.33156J Broken ostrich eggshell water container
Namibia
Ostrich egg shell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
971-2-50/11599.2 Ostrich egg shell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
Floral
Ostrich egg shell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
971-2-50/11599.1 Ostrich egg shell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
Floral
Africa
Children, Eating: N!ai (≠Toma's niece) giving a drink of water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], to /Gaishay (her half-brother)
2001.29.257 Children, Eating: N!ai (≠Toma's niece) giving a drink of water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], to /Gaishay (her half-brother)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ostrich eggshell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
971-2-50/11599 Ostrich eggshell water container, opening stuffed with reeds.
Jar
Africa
Man squatting, pouring water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], into an enamel dish, with a man wearing a hat and a kaross tied around his shoulders sitting in the background
2001.29.16131 Man squatting, pouring water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], into an enamel dish, with a man wearing a hat and a kaross tied around his shoulders sitting in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Water: ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
2001.29.3181 Water: ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30536.2 "Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Ostrich eggshell container
2000.30.22 Ostrich eggshell container
Jar
Botswana
Man squatting, pulling out the plug in his //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], with a man wearing a hat and a kaross tied around his shoulders sitting in the background
2001.29.16130 Man squatting, pulling out the plug in his //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], with a man wearing a hat and a kaross tied around his shoulders sitting in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ostrich egg, water carrier ?
58-43-50/10278 Ostrich egg, water carrier ?
Container
Botswana
Namibia
≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
2001.29.2230 ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling ostrich egg shells with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers and an Ovambo pot on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy