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Woman sitting in front of a cave, making a pot, with John Marshall photographing her
Woman sitting in front of a cave, making a pot, with John Marshall photographing her
Object Number 2001.29.507
Display Title Woman sitting in front of a cave, making a pot, with John Marshall photographing her
Descriptions
Object Description John Marshall filming an Ovambo woman from a high angle, 1950. Photograph probably by Laurence Marshall.
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Culture
  • Ovambo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Ovamboland
Materials Slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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2001.29.574 People with goats being filmed by John Marshall straddling two tree trunks, with Elizabeth Marshall Thomas standing below him
Chukudu Kraal
John Marshall photographing a seated group at Kungwane; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Lorna Marshall next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26493 John Marshall photographing a seated group at Kungwane; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Lorna Marshall next to him (print is a cropped image)
Kungwane
John Marshall photographing a seated group at Kungwane; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Lorna Marshall next to him
2001.29.19795 John Marshall photographing a seated group at Kungwane; Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and Lorna Marshall next to him
Kungwane
Expedition, Personnel: John Marshall filming a brush fire (half of stereoview 2001.29.6375)
2001.29.302 Expedition, Personnel: John Marshall filming a brush fire (half of stereoview 2001.29.6375)
Namibia
Person sitting next to Laurence Marshall and John Marshall filming a daytime dance
2001.29.16270 Person sitting next to Laurence Marshall and John Marshall filming a daytime dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men standing with Laurence Marshall, looking at a Polaroid picture of themselves
2001.29.506 Group of men standing with Laurence Marshall, looking at a Polaroid picture of themselves
Kunene
Image Not Available for John Marshall copies of notebooks
2008.21.1 John Marshall copies of notebooks
Documentary
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Botswana
People standing next to skerms, with Laurence Marshall, John Marshall and another expedition member filming them
2001.29.16280 People standing next to skerms, with Laurence Marshall, John Marshall and another expedition member filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl putting another girl on her shoulders, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31359 "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl putting another girl on her shoulders, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31360 "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them
2001.29.16935 Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl putting another girl on her shoulders, John Marshall filming them
2001.29.16934 Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl putting another girl on her shoulders, John Marshall filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy