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≠Nisa holding a baby with one arm and a ball in the other hand with a child standing in the background, tamah n!o’an (ball game)
≠Nisa holding a baby with one arm and a ball in the other hand with a child standing in the background, tamah n!o’an (ball game)
Object Number 2001.29.15450
Display Title ≠Nisa holding a baby with one arm and a ball in the other hand with a child standing in the background, tamah n!o’an (ball game)
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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≠Nisa walking, with a child standing in the background
2001.29.15448 ≠Nisa walking, with a child standing in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Nisa carrying a baby, dancing in tamah n!o’an (ball game), with a group of people standing in the background
2001.29.15452 ≠Nisa carrying a baby, dancing in tamah n!o’an (ball game), with a group of people standing in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with one woman catching the ball, another walking by with a baby tied to her back
2001.29.16311 Women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with one woman catching the ball, another walking by with a baby tied to her back
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Nisa holding a ball, running, with another woman standing near her, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
2001.29.17167 ≠Nisa holding a ball, running, with another woman standing near her, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Nisa holding a ball, running, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game) with a group of women and girls
2001.29.17163 ≠Nisa holding a ball, running, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game) with a group of women and girls
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Girl playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), walking and holding a veldkos ball, with another person's hands ready to receive it
2001.29.16312 Girl playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), walking and holding a veldkos ball, with another person's hands ready to receive it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Girl tossing a ball to ≠Nisa, standing behind her, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
2001.29.17169 Girl tossing a ball to ≠Nisa, standing behind her, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31343 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Nisa standing, holding a ball, with a woman carrying a baby in the background
2001.29.15458 ≠Nisa standing, holding a ball, with a woman carrying a baby in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31345 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background
2001.29.22976 Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31344.1 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy