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"Ovashimba" [Himba?, Tjimba?, Herero?] woman wearing pre-colonial ("traditional") Herero dress, standing, view from behind (print is a cropped image)
"Ovashimba" [Himba?, Tjimba?, Herero?] woman wearing pre-colonial ("traditional") Herero dress, standing, view from behind (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.13529
Display Title "Ovashimba" [Himba?, Tjimba?, Herero?] woman wearing pre-colonial ("traditional") Herero dress, standing, view from behind (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Culture
  • Herero?
  • Tjimba?
  • Himba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 17.78 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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"Ovashimba" [Himba?, Tjimba?, Herero?] woman wearing pre-colonial ("traditional") Herero dress, standing, view from behind
2001.29.13840 "Ovashimba" [Himba?, Tjimba?, Herero?] woman wearing pre-colonial ("traditional") Herero dress, standing, view from behind
Africa
Image Not Available for Three women wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress, seen from behind
2001.29.8145 Three women wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress, seen from behind
!O N!a
Image Not Available for Wareka (wife of Berani) and Kavenavo (wife of Dauku) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress
2001.29.8144 Wareka (wife of Berani) and Kavenavo (wife of Dauku) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress
!O N!a
Image Not Available for Wareka (wife of Berani) and Kavenavo (wife of Dauku) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress
2001.29.8143 Wareka (wife of Berani) and Kavenavo (wife of Dauku) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress
!O N!a
Image Not Available for Himba woman standing, with a Herero woman standing behind her
2001.29.959 Himba woman standing, with a Herero woman standing behind her
Namibia
Image Not Available for Wareka (wife of Berani) and Kavenavo (wife of Dauku) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress, standing with two children
2001.29.8142 Wareka (wife of Berani) and Kavenavo (wife of Dauku) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress, standing with two children
!O N!a
Image Not Available for Close-up of kaross and anklets worn by a woman in pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress
2001.29.8146 Close-up of kaross and anklets worn by a woman in pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress
!O N!a
Image Not Available for Wareka (wife of Berani), Kavenavo (wife of Dauku), and Sangorutenda (daughter of Wareka) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress, standing with two children
2001.29.8148 Wareka (wife of Berani), Kavenavo (wife of Dauku), and Sangorutenda (daughter of Wareka) wearing pre-colonial (“traditional”) Herero dress, standing with two children
!O N!a
Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
2001.29.13784 Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
Erongo
Omatjette
Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
2001.29.13783 Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
Erongo
Omatjette
Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
2001.29.13477 Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
Omatjette
Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
2001.29.13476 Indaba at Omajetti, Herero chief, with a large group of people sitting and standing behind him, addressing expedition members, including Colonel Hoogenhout, John Neser, Laurence Marshall and John Marshall
Omatjette