Skerm: Branches closing the opening of a skerm; the people are away temporarily, left some things inside and closed up the skerm with branches

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Object Number 2001.29.2128

Display Title Skerm: Branches closing the opening of a skerm; the people are away temporarily, left some things inside and closed up the skerm with branches

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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Object Number	Title	Geography/Provenience
2001.29.3159	Skerm: Branches closing the opening of a skerm; the people are away temporarily, left possessions inside and closed up the skerm with branches	Gautscha
2001.29.2135	Skerm: Skerm with branches closing the opening, with two other skerms next to it	Gautscha
2001.29.6035	Skerm: Man, a woman, a child sitting under trees, with ashes and branches on the ground	Nyae Nyae Conservancy
2001.29.6033	Skerm: Ashes and branches on the ground	Gautscha
2001.29.6023	Skerm: Skerm with no top but with bedding grass, branches, and large ash piles	Gautscha
2001.29.6018	Skerm: Windbreak type of skerm, showing branches and grass on one side only, and a tree with a person's possessions	Gautscha
2001.29.6016	Skerm: Windbreak type of skerm, with branches and grass on one side only	Gautscha
2001.29.6010	Skerm: Man, a woman, and a child sitting under branches to be made into a skerm	Gautscha
2001.29.6014	Skerm: Branches on the ground, with grass laid partway to top	Gautscha
2001.29.8392	!Ani placing branches of a skerm frame in holes in the ground, with her husband (Twi) standing nearby and watching	!Go Tsao
2001.29.14931	Group of people sitting next to a skerm built with heavy structure and leafy branches	Cho/ana
2001.29.8382	Woman digging a hole with her digging stick in which to stand one of the supporting branches of a skerm	!Go Tsao

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