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Woman sitting in a skerm and pounding something in a mortar, with other people sitting in the foreground
Woman sitting in a skerm and pounding something in a mortar, with other people sitting in the foreground
Object Number 2001.29.3327
Display Title Woman sitting in a skerm and pounding something in a mortar, with other people sitting in the foreground
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Tsumkwe
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Woman sitting in a skerm and pounding something in a mortar, with other people sitting opposite her
2001.29.3326 Woman sitting in a skerm and pounding something in a mortar, with other people sitting opposite her
Tsumkwe
Skerm: Group of people sitting by fire ashes and an uncompleted skerm; one of them is pounding something in a mortar
2001.29.6007 Skerm: Group of people sitting by fire ashes and an uncompleted skerm; one of them is pounding something in a mortar
Gautscha
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
2001.29.3328 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
Tsumkwe
N!ai working on something with a mortar and pestle in front of a skerm, with Baou sitting nearby
2001.29.10152 N!ai working on something with a mortar and pestle in front of a skerm, with Baou sitting nearby
Mangetti Forest
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1362 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1361 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1360 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
2001.29.3325 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
Tsumkwe
/Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka and N!ai (his wives) next to his fire in front of a skerm; N!ai is pounding something in a mortar
2001.29.14843 /Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka and N!ai (his wives) next to his fire in front of a skerm; N!ai is pounding something in a mortar
Gautscha
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
2001.29.3323 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
Tsumkwe
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
2001.29.3324 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm
Tsumkwe
Two groups of people sitting, with skerms in the background
2001.29.3334 Two groups of people sitting, with skerms in the background
Tsumkwe