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Piece of melon on the ground next to a skerm structure
Piece of melon on the ground next to a skerm structure
Object Number 2001.29.15956
Display Title Piece of melon on the ground next to a skerm structure
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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Piece of melon on the ground next to a skerm structure
2001.29.15955 Piece of melon on the ground next to a skerm structure
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.17161 Woman lying down, a melon on the ground next to her head, next to a group of women sitting by a shelter skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
2001.29.16373 /Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
2001.29.16372 /Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it off at his mouth, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
2001.29.16074 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it off at his mouth, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy sitting next to a skerm, with tin cans on the ground next to him
2001.29.15171 Boy sitting next to a skerm, with tin cans on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sleeping next to a skerm, with ostrich eggshells, mortar and pestle and a large root on the ground near him
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay squatting next to a skerm, with his belongings on the ground next to him
2001.29.17556 /Ti!kay squatting next to a skerm, with his belongings on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy