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Image Not Available for Woman holding an oil tin used for carrying water
Woman holding an oil tin used for carrying water
Image Not Available for Woman holding an oil tin used for carrying water
Object Number 2001.29.978
Display Title Woman holding an oil tin used for carrying water
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Kunene / <County> / Opuwo
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Image Not Available for Nicholas England's right arm holding the violin with end of resonator in view to show old //guashi holes and original mouth hole of the oil can filled in
2001.29.24192 Nicholas England's right arm holding the violin with end of resonator in view to show old //guashi holes and original mouth hole of the oil can filled in
Gwia
Image Not Available for Nicholas England's right arm holding the violin with end of resonator in view to show old //guashi holes and original mouth hole of the oil can filled in
2001.29.29624 Nicholas England's right arm holding the violin with end of resonator in view to show old //guashi holes and original mouth hole of the oil can filled in
Gwia
Image Not Available for Various figures of shapes and lines in colors, including men, wildebeest., tin can, and axe
997-11-50/12704 Various figures of shapes and lines in colors, including men, wildebeest., tin can, and axe
Drawing
Gautscha
Oil lamp; used with kerosene.
973-4-60/13306 Oil lamp; used with kerosene.
Lamp
Assam
≠Toma standing in the werft, carrying three large tin cans on a stick over his shoulder, with two people sitting in a shelter skerm near him
2001.29.16726 ≠Toma standing in the werft, carrying three large tin cans on a stick over his shoulder, with two people sitting in a shelter skerm near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Expedition: Four children sitting; one boy in the foreground is holding bundle of clothing and another boy in the background is playing with a tin can
2001.29.6201 Expedition: Four children sitting; one boy in the foreground is holding bundle of clothing and another boy in the background is playing with a tin can
Cho/ana
Image Not Available for Oil palm frond skimmers used to skim refuse from boiling palm oil
22-2-50/B3440 Oil palm frond skimmers used to skim refuse from boiling palm oil
Cameroon
/Gaishay wearing Western clothing, sitting on an oil can, playing a one-stringed bow, with a boy sitting on a jerry can next to him
2001.29.16088 /Gaishay wearing Western clothing, sitting on an oil can, playing a one-stringed bow, with a boy sitting on a jerry can next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Woman wearing a collar, necklace, bracelet and anklet
2001.29.977 Woman wearing a collar, necklace, bracelet and anklet
Opuwo
Woman sitting
2001.29.13792 Woman sitting
Opuwo
Woman sitting
2001.29.13485 Woman sitting
Opuwo
Wooden food mashing trough, used for separating outer fleshy fiber from oil palm
22-2-50/B3438 Wooden food mashing trough, used for separating outer fleshy fiber from oil palm
Mortar
Raw Material
Cameroon