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!U nursing her baby inside a skerm, with a tin can on the ground next to her
!U nursing her baby inside a skerm, with a tin can on the ground next to her
Object Number 2001.29.15087
Display Title !U nursing her baby inside a skerm, with a tin can on the ground next to her
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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!U nursing her baby inside a skerm
2001.29.15086 !U nursing her baby inside a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.32624 !Ungka sitting inside a skerm, nursing a baby, with a child sitting next to her and Di!ai sitting outside
Tsumkwe
!Ungka wearing a safety pin in her hear, sitting, nursing a baby, looking over her shoulder, with a skerm in the background
2001.29.15098 !Ungka wearing a safety pin in her hear, sitting, nursing a baby, looking over her shoulder, with a skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Ungka wearing a safety pin in her ear, sitting and nursing a baby
2001.29.885 !Ungka wearing a safety pin in her ear, sitting and nursing a baby
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Babies nursing": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31283 "Babies nursing": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
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
2001.29.15045 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
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka sitting, drinking from a tin can, with an unfinished skerm in background
2001.29.15770 /Naoka sitting, drinking from a tin can, with an unfinished skerm in background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman holding a baby, standing with her child inside a skerm, with cooking equipment on the ground near them
2001.29.15608 Woman holding a baby, standing with her child inside a skerm, with cooking equipment on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting next to a skerm, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
2001.29.16069 Woman sitting next to a skerm, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy sitting next to a skerm, with tin cans on the ground next to him
2001.29.15170 Boy sitting next to a skerm, with tin cans on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with a wooden spoon, pot, enamel bowl and tin can on the ground near him
2001.29.16229 Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with a wooden spoon, pot, enamel bowl and tin can on the ground near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!U holding !Ungka Norna on her knee, sitting with ≠Toma's sister and her baby daughter, Sa≠gai, next to a skerm
2001.29.14814 !U holding !Ungka Norna on her knee, sitting with ≠Toma's sister and her baby daughter, Sa≠gai, next to a skerm
Gautscha