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Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" emptying an ostrich egg into an Ovambo pot, with another man sitting beside him and a piece of meat on the ground near them
Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" emptying an ostrich egg into an Ovambo pot, with another man sitting beside him and a piece of meat on the ground near them
Object Number 2001.29.1708
Display Title Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" emptying an ostrich egg into an Ovambo pot, with another man sitting beside him and a piece of meat on the ground near them
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Culture
  • Ovambo
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
2001.29.16207 Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" cutting a quarter of meat, his share in a distribution of meat, with a friend sitting beside him
2001.29.1681 Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" cutting a quarter of meat, his share in a distribution of meat, with a friend sitting beside him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
2001.29.1707 Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Cooking: /Naoka (first wife of "Gao Medicine") cooking ostrich eggs in an Ovambo pot (half of stereo 2001.29.31906)
2001.29.1650 Food, Cooking: /Naoka (first wife of "Gao Medicine") cooking ostrich eggs in an Ovambo pot (half of stereo 2001.29.31906)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: Man cutting up ostrich meat, with a group of people watching him
2001.29.5790 Food, Meat: Man cutting up ostrich meat, with a group of people watching him
Gautscha
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
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987.2 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987.1 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her
2001.29.23108 /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: Squatting man handing piece of cooked meat to another man, with other people watching them
2001.29.5786 Food, Meat: Squatting man handing piece of cooked meat to another man, with other people watching them
Gautscha
Water: ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling an Ovambo pot with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers on the ground next to him
2001.29.3182 Water: ≠Gao (leader of Band 10) filling an Ovambo pot with water at a waterhole, with five ostrich egg shells with stoppers on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy