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Red Powder: Woman sitting and using a stone to pound red powder to use on her kaross
Red Powder: Woman sitting and using a stone to pound red powder to use on her kaross
Object Number 2001.29.2117
Display Title Red Powder: Woman sitting and using a stone to pound red powder to use on her kaross
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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Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
2001.29.2114 Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
2001.29.2116 Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
2001.29.2115 Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone meal and red powder which she used to clean her kaross
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"Rite of First Menstruation": Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30899 "Rite of First Menstruation": Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
2001.29.22988 Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28853 Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28854 Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
2001.29.22990 Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
2001.29.22989 Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Portraits: ≠Gisa sitting with a girl wearing white necklaces and bead ornaments hanging down across her face, with red powder in her hair
2001.29.2877 Children, Portraits: ≠Gisa sitting with a girl wearing white necklaces and bead ornaments hanging down across her face, with red powder in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Portraits: Girl wearing bead ornaments hanging down across her face and white necklaces around her neck, with red powder in her hair
2001.29.2868 Children, Portraits: Girl wearing bead ornaments hanging down across her face and white necklaces around her neck, with red powder in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy