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Woman wearing a modest apron, holding a digging stick, standing in front of her skerm, with her husband sitting beside the skerm, facing away from the camera
Woman wearing a modest apron, holding a digging stick, standing in front of her skerm, with her husband sitting beside the skerm, facing away from the camera
Object Number 2001.29.15392
Display Title Woman wearing a modest apron, holding a digging stick, standing in front of her skerm, with her husband sitting beside the skerm, facing away from the camera
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Woman squatting inside her skerm, with her husband sitting beside the skerm, facing away from the camera
2001.29.15393 Woman squatting inside her skerm, with her husband sitting beside the skerm, facing away from the camera
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29929 "//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
2001.29.25946 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
Gautscha
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
2001.29.14480 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
Gautscha
Story Telling, Story: Group of people sitting in front of Zuma's skerm, with her husband sitting in the middle facing the camera
2001.29.2186 Story Telling, Story: Group of people sitting in front of Zuma's skerm, with her husband sitting in the middle facing the camera
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Story Telling, Story: Group of people sitting in front of Zuma's skerm, with her husband sitting in the middle facing the camera
2001.29.2185 Story Telling, Story: Group of people sitting in front of Zuma's skerm, with her husband sitting in the middle facing the camera
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Story Telling, Story: Group of people sitting in front of Zuma's skerm, with her husband sitting in the middle facing the camera
2001.29.2184 Story Telling, Story: Group of people sitting in front of Zuma's skerm, with her husband sitting in the middle facing the camera
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Top: ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka, holding her daughter Sa≠gai who is drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with Tsamgao, husband of /Ti!kay's daughter Bau, sitting beside her; Bottom: "Crooked /Qui" and another man digging for poison beetles
2001.29.25101 Top: ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka, holding her daughter Sa≠gai who is drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with Tsamgao, husband of /Ti!kay's daughter Bau, sitting beside her; Bottom: "Crooked /Qui" and another man digging for poison beetles
Gautscha
Woman sitting in a shelter skerm, holding a baby, with another child standing near her, enamel pot and bowl in the background
2001.29.17383 Woman sitting in a shelter skerm, holding a baby, with another child standing near her, enamel pot and bowl in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Goishay sitting in front of her skerm with a group of people, including Khwo//o (/Goishay's mother), "Old /Gasa" (mother of /Goishay's husband, ≠Gao, and Gau), ≠Gisa and /Naoka
2001.29.14831 /Goishay sitting in front of her skerm with a group of people, including Khwo//o (/Goishay's mother), "Old /Gasa" (mother of /Goishay's husband, ≠Gao, and Gau), ≠Gisa and /Naoka
Gautscha
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
Person covered with a blanket sitting in front of a shelter skerm, facing away from the camera, with a pile of nuts, enamel bucket, enamel bowl, cut and ostrich egg shells lying on the ground, Western jacket hanging from a post nearby
2001.29.15444 Person covered with a blanket sitting in front of a shelter skerm, facing away from the camera, with a pile of nuts, enamel bucket, enamel bowl, cut and ostrich egg shells lying on the ground, Western jacket hanging from a post nearby
Nyae Nyae Conservancy