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Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.13688
Display Title Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
"Ornaments & beads": Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30793.1 "Ornaments & beads": Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ornaments & beads": Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30793 "Ornaments & beads": Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Top: "Old Xama" smoking a metal tube pipe; bottom: Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross; bottom: woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross
2001.29.25102 Top: "Old Xama" smoking a metal tube pipe; bottom: Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross; bottom: woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross
Gautscha
Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross
2001.29.722 Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross
Gautscha
Leather apron, beaded apron, headband, and shells displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.13698 Leather apron, beaded apron, headband, and shells displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Breechclout displayed on a kaross laid on the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.13704 Breechclout displayed on a kaross laid on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing apron and bead hair ornaments, standing and carrying a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25536 Woman wearing apron and bead hair ornaments, standing and carrying a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Carrying children": Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) sitting, wearing ornaments in her hair and a little kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31260 "Carrying children": Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) sitting, wearing ornaments in her hair and a little kaross (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Ornaments & beads": Women sitting with objects spread out on a kaross between them with Di!ai, Debe, and unidentified people in the background; unidentified boy in the foreground is using a comb (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30797 "Ornaments & beads": Women sitting with objects spread out on a kaross between them with Di!ai, Debe, and unidentified people in the background; unidentified boy in the foreground is using a comb (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Kaross hanging from a woman's neck, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28776 Kaross hanging from a woman's neck, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ornaments": Woman's hands fixing another woman's earring (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30780 "Ornaments": Woman's hands fixing another woman's earring (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Water": Woman carrying a load of grass in her kaross, profile (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30896 "Water": Woman carrying a load of grass in her kaross, profile (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha