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People sitting and lying down next to skerms, with a dried animal skin on the ground near them
People sitting and lying down next to skerms, with a dried animal skin on the ground near them
Object Number 2001.29.15359
Display Title People sitting and lying down next to skerms, with a dried animal skin on the ground near them
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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Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
2001.29.15987 Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting and lying down next to a skerm, with strips of meat hanging from a tree near them
2001.29.16549 Group of men sitting and lying down next to a skerm, with strips of meat hanging from a tree near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29297 [No folder title]: Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting and lying down next to a skerm, with strips of meat hanging from a tree near them
2001.29.16548 Group of men sitting and lying down next to a skerm, with strips of meat hanging from a tree near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting, eating, with a puppy lying on the ground near them, skerms in the background
2001.29.16162 Group of people sitting, eating, with a puppy lying on the ground near them, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting on a skin inside a skerm, stringing his bow, with people lying on the ground near him
2001.29.16144 "Gao Medicine" sitting on a skin inside a skerm, stringing his bow, with people lying on the ground near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting and lying down in the shade, with skerms in the background
2001.29.16081 Group of men sitting and lying down in the shade, with skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay and other men dancing next to a group of people sitting, with another group of people sitting near them, skerms in the background
2001.29.16237 /Ti!kay and other men dancing next to a group of people sitting, with another group of people sitting near them, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child sitting with a staff member by a fire, with chickens near them, skerms in the background
2001.29.15532 Child sitting with a staff member by a fire, with chickens near them, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting next to a fire with a woman with a mortar and pestle, boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
2001.29.16375 /Ti!kay sitting next to a fire with a woman with a mortar and pestle, boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman lying down, a melon on the ground next to her head, next to a group of women sitting by a shelter skerm
2001.29.17161 Woman lying down, a melon on the ground next to her head, next to a group of women sitting by a shelter skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Shelter skerms, with an animal skin hanging to dry near them
2001.29.15361 Shelter skerms, with an animal skin hanging to dry near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy