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Skerm
Object Number 2001.29.15827
Display Title Skerm
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
Women and children working on corn inside a skerm
2001.29.15799 Women and children working on corn inside a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting, working with corn in a hollow log, with two women standing next to her, with a skerm in the background
2001.29.15803 Woman sitting, working with corn in a hollow log, with two women standing next to her, with a skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting inside a skerm, talking
2001.29.15818 Group of people sitting inside a skerm, talking
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Skerm made of mud, with a thatched roof
2001.29.15999 Skerm made of mud, with a thatched roof
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Detail of the structure of the roof and side of a skerm
2001.29.15823 Detail of the structure of the roof and side of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting inside a skerm, talking, with enamel cups and buckets and an iron pot on the ground near them
2001.29.15817 Group of people sitting inside a skerm, talking, with enamel cups and buckets and an iron pot on the ground near them
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
People sitting in front of a skerm, with two pots cooking on a fire in the foreground, strips of meat hanging from a tree branch over the skerm
2001.29.16133 People sitting in front of a skerm, with two pots cooking on a fire in the foreground, strips of meat hanging from a tree branch over the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
2001.29.15443 Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting with three children in front of a skerm, with a man lying down next to them
2001.29.16443 Woman sitting with three children in front of a skerm, with a man lying down next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting and lying down next to a skerm, with strips of meat hanging from a tree near them
2001.29.16549 Group of men sitting and lying down next to a skerm, with strips of meat hanging from a tree near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy