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Man and woman cooking at a fire, with a skerm in the background
Man and woman cooking at a fire, with a skerm in the background
Object Number 2001.29.15932
Display Title Man and woman cooking at a fire, with a skerm in the background
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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2001.29.16206 Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
2001.29.16207 Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
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
Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
2001.29.16063 Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with a knife, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
2001.29.16075 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with a knife, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, using a fire maker to start a fire
2001.29.16283 Man squatting, using a fire maker to start a fire
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man leaning over, blowing on a fire to start it
2001.29.16284 Man leaning over, blowing on a fire to start it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, starting a fire
2001.29.16282 Man squatting, starting a fire
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting in front of a pile of sticks, holding a fire maker
2001.29.16281 Man squatting in front of a pile of sticks, holding a fire maker
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman cooking mangetti nuts, turning them with a fire paddle, with a skerm in the background
2001.29.16227 Woman cooking mangetti nuts, turning them with a fire paddle, with a skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, aiding a man lying on the ground in trance at the beginning of a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay wearing dance rattles, standing near them, a camera tripod and skerm in the background
2001.29.16721 Man squatting, aiding a man lying on the ground in trance at the beginning of a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay wearing dance rattles, standing near them, a camera tripod and skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman holding a baby, standing with her child inside a skerm, with cooking equipment on the ground near them
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy