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N!ai starting to build a skerm, making a hole in the ground with her stick
N!ai starting to build a skerm, making a hole in the ground with her stick
Object Number 2001.29.15386
Display Title N!ai starting to build a skerm, making a hole in the ground with her stick
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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N!ai building a skerm, placing a post in a hole in the ground she has made with a stick
2001.29.15387 N!ai building a skerm, placing a post in a hole in the ground she has made with a stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, with N!ai's ostrich egg shells and a digging stick on the ground next to her (copy of slide 7D-71)
2001.29.13040 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, with N!ai's ostrich egg shells and a digging stick on the ground next to her (copy of slide 7D-71)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, with N!ai's ostrich egg shells and a digging stick on the ground next to her (copy of slide 7D-71)
2001.29.13040.1 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, with N!ai's ostrich egg shells and a digging stick on the ground next to her (copy of slide 7D-71)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Qui Navel" seated with three unidentified boys beside him and //Kushay digging a hole to build a skerm
2001.29.28266 "/Qui Navel" seated with three unidentified boys beside him and //Kushay digging a hole to build a skerm
Nama Pan
"/Qui Navel" seated with three unidentified boys beside him and //Kushay digging a hole to build a skerm
2001.29.22161 "/Qui Navel" seated with three unidentified boys beside him and //Kushay digging a hole to build a skerm
Nama Pan
N!ai building a skerm, pounding a post into the ground, with another partially constructed skerm near her
2001.29.15388 N!ai building a skerm, pounding a post into the ground, with another partially constructed skerm near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai wearing a kaross wrapped around her, washing clothes at the edge of a pan, with her digging stick on the ground next to her, view from behind
2001.29.15527 N!ai wearing a kaross wrapped around her, washing clothes at the edge of a pan, with her digging stick on the ground next to her, view from behind
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man making a hole for his adze with a heated awl, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm
2001.29.17389 Man making a hole for his adze with a heated awl, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman standing, carrying a digging stick across her shoulders, with N!ai walking in the background
2001.29.15574 Woman standing, carrying a digging stick across her shoulders, with N!ai walking in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai sitting, doing something on the ground with her hands
2001.29.15176 N!ai sitting, doing something on the ground with her hands
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
2001.29.14183 "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
Gautscha
"Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party
2001.29.14184 "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party
Gautscha