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Group of people near and inside a skerm in the background, with possessions hanging on a tree in the foreground, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
Group of people near and inside a skerm in the background, with possessions hanging on a tree in the foreground, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
Object Number 2001.29.15045
Display Title Group of people near and inside a skerm in the background, with possessions hanging on a tree in the foreground, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition VI b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Group of people lying in the shade behind a tree with possessions hanging on it, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
2001.29.15046 Group of people lying in the shade behind a tree with possessions hanging on it, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
2001.29.15436 Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
2001.29.15443 Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Possessions on and next to a bush, including hunting bags, bow, quiver, two tin cans and a melon
2001.29.16505 Possessions on and next to a bush, including hunting bags, bow, quiver, two tin cans and a melon
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15857 "/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15858 "/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting inside a skerm, talking, with enamel cups and buckets and an iron pot on the ground near them
2001.29.15817 Group of people sitting inside a skerm, talking, with enamel cups and buckets and an iron pot on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
2001.29.17081 Woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, with a woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground in the background, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
2001.29.17082 Man squatting, with a woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground in the background, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Possessions": !Ungka hanging her bag of possessions in a tree (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30840 "Possessions": !Ungka hanging her bag of possessions in a tree (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Woman wrapped in a striped blanket, with a child between her legs, sitting with a group of people, with assegais stuck into the ground near them
2001.29.17088 Woman wrapped in a striped blanket, with a child between her legs, sitting with a group of people, with assegais stuck into the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Possessions": !Ungka hanging her bag of possessions in a tree (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30840.1 "Possessions": !Ungka hanging her bag of possessions in a tree (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha