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N!ai building a skerm, placing a post in a hole in the ground she has made with a stick
N!ai building a skerm, placing a post in a hole in the ground she has made with a stick
Object Number 2001.29.15387
Display Title N!ai building a skerm, placing a post in a hole in the ground she has made with a 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 starting to build a skerm, making a hole in the ground with her stick
2001.29.15386 N!ai starting to build a skerm, making a hole in the ground with her stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food Gathering, General: N!ai holding a root she has dug up
2001.29.253.12 Food Gathering, General: N!ai holding a root she has dug up
Gautscha
Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
2001.29.14384 Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
Gautscha
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 building a skerm, placing grass on the structure
2001.29.15389 N!ai building a skerm, placing grass on the structure
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman eating food she has pounded with a mortar and pestle, sitting with another woman near a skerm
2001.29.16460 Woman eating food she has pounded with a mortar and pestle, sitting with another woman near a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30205 Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
2001.29.30205.1 Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" sitting on grass, and Di!ai sitting by the fire and eating something she has pounded in the mortar
2001.29.14085 "Gao Medicine" sitting on grass, and Di!ai sitting by the fire and eating something she has pounded in the mortar
Gautscha
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
2001.29.2010 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
Gautscha
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
2001.29.2001 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
Gautscha
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4), view from behind the women
2001.29.2003 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4), view from behind the women
Gautscha