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Child sitting with a staff member by a fire, with chickens near them, skerms in the background
Child sitting with a staff member by a fire, with chickens near them, skerms in the background
Object Number 2001.29.15532
Display Title Child sitting with a staff member by a fire, with chickens near them, skerms in the background
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition VI b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
  • 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
Child sitting at a fire, with two expedition members standing nearby, chickens, skerms in the background
2001.29.15539 Child sitting at a fire, with two expedition members standing nearby, chickens, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child sitting with a staff member by a fire, with pots of food cooking on the fire, skerms in the background
2001.29.15533 Child sitting with a staff member by a fire, with pots of food cooking on the fire, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Chicken coop, chickens are placed in there at night to keep them from rats
08-36-70/74116 Chicken coop, chickens are placed in there at night to keep them from rats
Container
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto
Two men lying on the ground, with three expedition members sitting next to them, a table and chest with food on it in front of them, belongings hanging in a tree near them
2001.29.16334 Two men lying on the ground, with three expedition members sitting next to them, a table and chest with food on it in front of them, belongings hanging in a tree near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two chickens in front of a fence
2001.29.15990 Two chickens in front of a fence
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting next to a skerm with ostrich eggshells on the ground next to them, net bag and strips of meat hanging in a tree near them, two pots cooking on a fire behind them
2001.29.16125 Group of men sitting next to a skerm with ostrich eggshells on the ground next to them, net bag and strips of meat hanging in a tree near them, two pots cooking on a fire behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Black wooden mask (To bu Glu) - comes to town when someone dies; all chickens mu
48-36-50/7356 Black wooden mask (To bu Glu) - comes to town when someone dies; all chickens mu
Raw Material
Mask
Liberia
Three chickens and eggs in front of a fence
2001.29.15991 Three chickens and eggs in front of a fence
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman standing and another person sitting near chickens in distance, with pestle in foreground
2001.29.29369 Woman standing and another person sitting near chickens in distance, with pestle in foreground
Ngamiland (North West)
Woman standing and another person sitting near chickens in distance, with pestle in foreground
2001.29.23817 Woman standing and another person sitting near chickens in distance, with pestle in foreground
Ngamiland (North West)
[No folder title]: Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29297 [No folder title]: Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
2001.29.15987 Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy