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Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
Object Number 2001.29.16053
Display Title Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
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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Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
2001.29.16060 Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting with a man, with a child sleeping on a kaross between them
2001.29.16059 Woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting with a man, with a child sleeping on a kaross between them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting with a man, with a child sleeping on a kaross between them
2001.29.16058 Woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting with a man, with a child sleeping on a kaross between them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting, including a woman with a baby on her back in her kaross and a woman wrapped in a striped blanket with a child between her legs
2001.29.17091 Group of people sitting, including a woman with a baby on her back in her kaross and a woman wrapped in a striped blanket with a child between her legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a kaross, sitting, with a woman wrapped in a blanket sitting with a child between her legs in the background, a man digging behind her
2001.29.17089 Woman wearing a kaross, sitting, with a woman wrapped in a blanket sitting with a child between her legs in the background, a man digging behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wrapped in a striped blanket, with a child between her legs, sitting with a group of people, with assegais stuck into the ground near them
2001.29.17088 Woman wrapped in a striped blanket, with a child between her legs, sitting with a group of people, with assegais stuck into the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting next to a skerm working on something, with a child sitting between her legs
2001.29.16403 Woman sitting next to a skerm working on something, with a child sitting between her legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting with her kaross wrapped around her legs, smoking a pipe, with two boys standing next to her
2001.29.16799 Woman sitting with her kaross wrapped around her legs, smoking a pipe, with two boys standing next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman eating food she has pounded with a mortar and pestle, sitting with another woman near a skerm
2001.29.16460 Woman eating food she has pounded with a mortar and pestle, sitting with another woman near a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sleeping next to a skerm, with ostrich eggshells, mortar and pestle and a large root on the ground near him
2001.29.16277 Man sleeping next to a skerm, with ostrich eggshells, mortar and pestle and a large root on the ground near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman kneeling next to a sleeping child, with blankets hanging near them, enamel dish on the ground
2001.29.15326 Woman kneeling next to a sleeping child, with blankets hanging near them, enamel dish on the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman kneeling next to a sleeping child, with blankets hanging near them, enamel dish on the ground
2001.29.15324 Woman kneeling next to a sleeping child, with blankets hanging near them, enamel dish on the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy