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Scraping Skin: Man sitting with a skin tied to his toes, pulling on it to stretch it
Scraping Skin: Man sitting with a skin tied to his toes, pulling on it to stretch it
Object Number 2001.29.2152
Display Title Scraping Skin: Man sitting with a skin tied to his toes, pulling on it to stretch it
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ngamiland (North West) / Cgae Cgae Tlhabologo Trust
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / <County> / /Gam
Additional Geographic Terms Gam or Cgae Cgae
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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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
Scraping Skin: Bo wearing a badger cap, with a small skin on the ground in front of him
2001.29.2147 Scraping Skin: Bo wearing a badger cap, with a small skin on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Scraping Skin: Bo working on a small skin
2001.29.2149 Scraping Skin: Bo working on a small skin
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Di!ai sitting in a werft with Debe beside her and other unidentified people in the background; Debe plays with a string which he ties around his toes (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28790 Di!ai sitting in a werft with Debe beside her and other unidentified people in the background; Debe plays with a string which he ties around his toes (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Di!ai sitting in a werft with Debe beside her and other unidentified people in the background; Debe plays with a string which he ties around his toes
2001.29.22875 Di!ai sitting in a werft with Debe beside her and other unidentified people in the background; Debe plays with a string which he ties around his toes
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Arrows: Bo (father of /Gunda) wearing an extra skin for holding arrows at his waist, demonstrating how to hold a bow
2001.29.2795 Arrows: Bo (father of /Gunda) wearing an extra skin for holding arrows at his waist, demonstrating how to hold a bow
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Scraping Skin: Man scraping a gemsbok skin
2001.29.2145 Scraping Skin: Man scraping a gemsbok skin
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Scraping Skin: /Ti!kay scraping a skin, with two boys sitting next to him
2001.29.2144 Scraping Skin: /Ti!kay scraping a skin, with two boys sitting next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Scraping Skin: Man scraping a gemsbok skin
2001.29.2146 Scraping Skin: Man scraping a gemsbok skin
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Arrows: Bo (father of /Gunda) wearing an extra skin for holding arrows at his waist, demonstrating how to hold a bow
2001.29.2794 Arrows: Bo (father of /Gunda) wearing an extra skin for holding arrows at his waist, demonstrating how to hold a bow
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30394 "Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Scraping Skin: Bo working on a small skin
2001.29.2148 Scraping Skin: Bo working on a small skin
Nyae Nyae Conservancy