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/Naoka wearing a kaross wrapped around her, sitting in front of a skerm, reaching inside a bowl with her hand
/Naoka wearing a kaross wrapped around her, sitting in front of a skerm, reaching inside a bowl with her hand
Object Number 2001.29.15384
Display Title /Naoka wearing a kaross wrapped around her, sitting in front of a skerm, reaching inside a bowl with her hand
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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/Naoka sitting in front of an expedition truck, wrapped in her kaross
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/Naoka wrapped in her kaross, sitting, view from behind, with three boys playing near her
2001.29.15417 /Naoka wrapped in her kaross, sitting, view from behind, with three boys playing near her
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/Naoka sitting inside a skerm, holding food in her hand
2001.29.15774 /Naoka sitting inside a skerm, holding food in her hand
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Woman sitting with her kaross wrapped around her legs, smoking a pipe, with two boys standing next to her
2001.29.16799 Woman sitting with her kaross wrapped around her legs, smoking a pipe, with two boys standing next to her
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N!ai wearing a kaross wrapped around her, washing clothes at the edge of a pan
2001.29.15526 N!ai wearing a kaross wrapped around her, washing clothes at the edge of a pan
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Woman wearing a kaross around her waist, squatting by a pan, with her hand in the water
2001.29.17546 Woman wearing a kaross around her waist, squatting by a pan, with her hand in the water
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Woman wearing many ornaments, sitting on her kaross in front of a skerm, working on something
2001.29.16165 Woman wearing many ornaments, sitting on her kaross in front of a skerm, working on something
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka sleeping in the sun under her kaross, with an enamel dish on the ground near her head
2001.29.349 /Naoka sleeping in the sun under her kaross, with an enamel dish on the ground near her head
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/Naoka sitting, adjusting her kaross
2001.29.15399 /Naoka sitting, adjusting her kaross
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/Naoka lying in front of skerm, adjusting her kaross
2001.29.340 /Naoka lying in front of skerm, adjusting her kaross
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
2001.29.3063 Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy