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Breechclout displayed on a kaross laid on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Breechclout displayed on a kaross laid on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.13704
Display Title Breechclout displayed on a kaross laid on the ground (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 Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.065 × 17.4625 cm (4 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Breechclout displayed on a kaross laid on the ground
2001.29.19233 Breechclout displayed on a kaross laid on the ground
Gautscha
Man wearing a breechclout, bag ornamented with beads, and small kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29080 Man wearing a breechclout, bag ornamented with beads, and small kaross (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Hunting equipment: Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30345 Hunting equipment: Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.13688 Woman's ornaments displayed on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Arrows, arrow poison: Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30300 Arrows, arrow poison: Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"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
"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
Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points
2001.29.14761 Quiver with contents laid out on a kaross, including arrow shafts without points, "male" and "female" fire-sticks, two drills, two long arrows with unbarbed points, an arrow-shaft, and six arrows with metal points
Gautscha
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
"Old /Gasa" loading the head of a wildebeest into her kaross, showing the method of carrying a large object (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25655 "Old /Gasa" loading the head of a wildebeest into her kaross, showing the method of carrying a large object (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha