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Fiber Root: //Kushay holding a child and looking for fiber roots to dig with !U
Fiber Root: //Kushay holding a child and looking for fiber roots to dig with !U
Object Number 2001.29.1843
Display Title Fiber Root: //Kushay holding a child and looking for fiber roots to dig with !U
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Culture
  • 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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Fiber Root: //Kushay standing, holding fiber roots and carrying a child, with !U standing behind her
2001.29.1840 Fiber Root: //Kushay standing, holding fiber roots and carrying a child, with !U standing behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fiber Root: !U and //Kushay digging fiber roots
2001.29.1839 Fiber Root: !U and //Kushay digging fiber roots
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fiber Root: //Kushay (wife of /Qui) squatting, holding a long orange root from which cord is made, with a kaross filled with something on the ground behind her
2001.29.1837 Fiber Root: //Kushay (wife of /Qui) squatting, holding a long orange root from which cord is made, with a kaross filled with something on the ground behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fiber Root: Person's arm digging for fiber roots
2001.29.1842 Fiber Root: Person's arm digging for fiber roots
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting near her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30197 Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting near her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Fiber Root: Person's arm digging for fiber roots
2001.29.1841 Fiber Root: Person's arm digging for fiber roots
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting next to her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30204 Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting next to her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Food Gathering, Water Root: ≠Ghia of Band 10 and Bau of Band and an unidentified woman digging for water roots, with a child standing next to them
2001.29.1781 Food Gathering, Water Root: ≠Ghia of Band 10 and Bau of Band and an unidentified woman digging for water roots, with a child standing next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fiber Root: Woman loading fiber roots into kaross, with a child sitting beside her
2001.29.5773 Fiber Root: Woman loading fiber roots into kaross, with a child sitting beside her
Gautscha
Food Gathering, Water Root: ≠Ghia of Band 10 and Bau of Band 9 and an unidentified woman digging for water roots, with a child standing next to them
2001.29.1776 Food Gathering, Water Root: ≠Ghia of Band 10 and Bau of Band 9 and an unidentified woman digging for water roots, with a child standing next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food Gathering, Water Root: ≠Ghia of Band 10 and Bau of Band 9 and an unidentified woman digging for water roots, with a child standing next to them
2001.29.1777 Food Gathering, Water Root: ≠Ghia of Band 10 and Bau of Band 9 and an unidentified woman digging for water roots, with a child standing next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Scraping Skin: ≠Toma wearing around his neck a roll of brown cord made from roots, holding a small skin and sitting with "Old ≠Toma"
2001.29.2150 Scraping Skin: ≠Toma wearing around his neck a roll of brown cord made from roots, holding a small skin and sitting with "Old ≠Toma"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy