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Skerms and fences
Object Number 2001.29.15562
Display Title Skerms and fences
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition VI b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Bantu speaking peoples
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
Skerms behind fences
2001.29.15561 Skerms behind fences
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Skerms and a fence
2001.29.15610 Skerms and a fence
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Family sitting in front of a skerm, with other skerms near them, distant view
2001.29.16445 Family sitting in front of a skerm, with other skerms near them, distant view
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Three children sitting in the shade, clapping and singing, with two shelter skerms behind them
2001.29.17462 Three children sitting in the shade, clapping and singing, with two shelter skerms behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting, eating, with a puppy lying on the ground near them, skerms in the background
2001.29.16162 Group of people sitting, eating, with a puppy lying on the ground near them, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Smoke rising from the tops of two skerms
2001.29.16433 Smoke rising from the tops of two skerms
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma skinning an animal, sitting with a group of men, with meat hanging to dry near him, skerms in the background
2001.29.16116 ≠Toma skinning an animal, sitting with a group of men, with meat hanging to dry near him, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
people at stone wall. (Moving South from Wamena, these stone walls gradually replace the wood fences of the Mid Grand Valley)
2006.17.1.160.10 people at stone wall. (Moving South from Wamena, these stone walls gradually replace the wood fences of the Mid Grand Valley)
Documentary
New Guinea
Women and children grouped near the ebeai and around the fences of Haliole's sili
2006.15.1.32.5 Women and children grouped near the ebeai and around the fences of Haliole's sili
Documentary
New Guinea
Group of people sitting inside a skerm, with an enamel basin leaning against a fence near them
2001.29.15819 Group of people sitting inside a skerm, with an enamel basin leaning against a fence near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy