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Woman holding a child, sitting inside a large skerm
Woman holding a child, sitting inside a large skerm
Object Number 2001.29.15605
Display Title Woman holding a child, sitting inside a large skerm
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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Gautscha
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2001.29.16674 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
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Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
2001.29.16673 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman holding a baby on her shoulder, standing next to the expedition rain-saver
2001.29.16873 Woman holding a baby on her shoulder, standing next to the expedition rain-saver
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Woman sitting with a child inside a skerm
2001.29.29901 [No folder title]: Woman sitting with a child inside a skerm
Gautscha