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≠Toma sitting on an animal hide, talking to someone out of frame, with two adzes on the hide in front of him, scrapings of the animal hide around him
≠Toma sitting on an animal hide, talking to someone out of frame, with two adzes on the hide in front of him, scrapings of the animal hide around him
Object Number 2001.29.15056
Display Title ≠Toma sitting on an animal hide, talking to someone out of frame, with two adzes on the hide in front of him, scrapings of the animal hide around him
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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Man sitting on a hide, scraping it with an adze, with the scrapings in a bowl and on the hide in front of him
2001.29.15940 Man sitting on a hide, scraping it with an adze, with the scrapings in a bowl and on the hide in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30394 "Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma scraping a hide, with a person's foot in front of him, man sitting in the background
2001.29.17019 ≠Toma scraping a hide, with a person's foot in front of him, man sitting in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground
2001.29.15942 Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide and women watching him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25693 Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide and women watching him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide, women watching him
2001.29.14094 Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide, women watching him
Gautscha
Man scraping a hide, sitting with ≠Toma and another man
2001.29.16005 Man scraping a hide, sitting with ≠Toma and another man
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting on a hide he has been scraping, fixing his adze
2001.29.15941 Man sitting on a hide he has been scraping, fixing his adze
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30395 "Scraping hides, working on hides": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
2001.29.16214 Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
2001.29.16213 Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
2001.29.16143 "Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy