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/Gunda tending a fire, with mangetti nuts on the ground next to him
/Gunda tending a fire, with mangetti nuts on the ground next to him
Object Number 2001.29.15338
Display Title /Gunda tending a fire, with mangetti nuts on the ground next to 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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/Gunda tending a fire, with mangetti nuts on the ground next to him
2001.29.15337 /Gunda tending a fire, with mangetti nuts on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man cooking mangetti nuts, with a woman and a child sitting across the fire from him
2001.29.15032 Man cooking mangetti nuts, with a woman and a child sitting across the fire from him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: "Gao Medicine" cracking mangetti nuts on a rock with a stick and a man with a bow sitting next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30203 Digging for roots: "Gao Medicine" cracking mangetti nuts on a rock with a stick and a man with a bow sitting next to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Man wearing a bracelet on his leg, sitting, cracking mangetti nuts on a stone, with the nutshells on the ground in front of him
2001.29.15077 Man wearing a bracelet on his leg, sitting, cracking mangetti nuts on a stone, with the nutshells on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
2001.29.16667 Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
2001.29.16669 Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
2001.29.16668 Man sitting next to a fire, cracking mangetti nuts with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman arranging a pile of mangetti nuts cooking in the ashes of a fire, close-up
2001.29.16801 Woman arranging a pile of mangetti nuts cooking in the ashes of a fire, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
2001.29.17387 Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, close-up showing fire, mangetti or tsi nuts, and a piece of meat cooking
2001.29.2005 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, close-up showing fire, mangetti or tsi nuts, and a piece of meat cooking
Gautscha
Woman cooking mangetti nuts in the ashes of a fire, pushing them with a fire paddle
2001.29.16218 Woman cooking mangetti nuts in the ashes of a fire, pushing them with a fire paddle
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with two women preparing mangetti nuts near him
2001.29.16226 Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with two women preparing mangetti nuts near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy