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Man standing in front of a skerm, facing away from the camera, with John Marshall standing next to him
Man standing in front of a skerm, facing away from the camera, with John Marshall standing next to him
Object Number 2001.29.15447
Display Title Man standing in front of a skerm, facing away from the camera, with John Marshall standing next to him
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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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
2001.29.15392 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
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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
Group of boys playing with John Marshall, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") on his back, ≠Toma (son of Gau) facing the camera, and !Naishi and //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2) standing to the right
2001.29.298 Group of boys playing with John Marshall, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") on his back, ≠Toma (son of Gau) facing the camera, and !Naishi and //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2) standing to the right
Gautscha
"Short /Qui" standing, carrying his hunting equipment, with John Marshall's film camera next to him
2001.29.16791 "Short /Qui" standing, carrying his hunting equipment, with John Marshall's film camera next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men, including /Gunda, standing next to a tree, talking with John Marshall holding his film camera
2001.29.17231 Group of men, including /Gunda, standing next to a tree, talking with John Marshall holding his film camera
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Man aiding a medicine man lying on the ground in trance, with John Marshall adjusting a camera, Laurence Marshall watching, people sitting and standing in the background
2001.29.16690 Man aiding a medicine man lying on the ground in trance, with John Marshall adjusting a camera, Laurence Marshall watching, people sitting and standing in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People standing next to skerms, with Laurence Marshall, John Marshall and another expedition member filming them
2001.29.16280 People standing next to skerms, with Laurence Marshall, John Marshall and another expedition member filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People dancing at a daytime dance, with John and Laurence Marshall setting up a film camera next to them
2001.29.16269 People dancing at a daytime dance, with John and Laurence Marshall setting up a film camera next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma kneeling, signaling to the camera man, with expedition members standing next to him
2001.29.15497 ≠Toma kneeling, signaling to the camera man, with expedition members standing next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man standing, holding a whip, view from behind, with a woman tending a child in front of him, enamel pot on the ground next to her, dog lying on the ground next to the man
2001.29.15302 Man standing, holding a whip, view from behind, with a woman tending a child in front of him, enamel pot on the ground next to her, dog lying on the ground next to the man
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of boys playing with John Marshall, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") on his back, ≠Toma (son of Gau) facing the camera, and !Naishi and //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2) standing to the right (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25702 Group of boys playing with John Marshall, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") on his back, ≠Toma (son of Gau) facing the camera, and !Naishi and //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2) standing to the right (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha