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Man sitting on a hide, scraping it with an adze, with the scrapings in a bowl and on the hide in front of him
Man sitting on a hide, scraping it with an adze, with the scrapings in a bowl and on the hide in front of him
Object Number 2001.29.15940
Display Title Man sitting on a hide, scraping it with an adze, with the scrapings in a bowl and on the hide in front of him
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
≠Toma sitting on an animal hide, talking to someone out of frame, with two adzes on the hide in front of him, scrapings of the animal hide around him
2001.29.15056 ≠Toma sitting on an animal hide, talking to someone out of frame, with two adzes on the hide in front of him, scrapings of the animal hide around him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting on a hide he has been scraping, fixing his adze
2001.29.15941 Man sitting on a hide he has been scraping, fixing his adze
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30394 "Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground
2001.29.15942 Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" sits on a hide pegged to the ground, scraping it with his adze
2001.29.16105 "/Gao Music" sits on a hide pegged to the ground, scraping it with his adze
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Twikwe's possessions, including (left to right) tortoise shell spoon, three pieces of bone used for pounding and grinding, a bone dish used for mixing poison for arrows, and two pieces of ostrich bone used to give a hide a last, fine scraping, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20868 /Twikwe's possessions, including (left to right) tortoise shell spoon, three pieces of bone used for pounding and grinding, a bone dish used for mixing poison for arrows, and two pieces of ostrich bone used to give a hide a last, fine scraping, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe's possessions, including (left to right) tortoise shell spoon, three pieces of bone used for pounding and grinding, a bone dish used for mixing poison for arrows, and two pieces of ostrich bone used to give a hide a last, fine scraping, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.27249 /Twikwe's possessions, including (left to right) tortoise shell spoon, three pieces of bone used for pounding and grinding, a bone dish used for mixing poison for arrows, and two pieces of ostrich bone used to give a hide a last, fine scraping, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide, women watching him
2001.29.14094 Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide, women watching him
Gautscha
Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide and women watching him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25693 Group of people sitting, with a man scraping a hide and women watching him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Scrapings form inside Pot 491 (dirt perhaps containing remains of cereal and
36-54-60/2817 Scrapings form inside Pot 491 (dirt perhaps containing remains of cereal and
Raw Material
Persia
≠Toma scraping a hide, with a person's foot in front of him, man sitting in the background
2001.29.17019 ≠Toma scraping a hide, with a person's foot in front of him, man sitting in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Organic scrapings from inside a plaque, possibly resin.
2002.1.1024 Organic scrapings from inside a plaque, possibly resin.
Organic