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Man sitting inside a skerm, with another man sitting outside, a large iron pot on a fire in front, meat hanging to dry on a branch behind the skerm
Man sitting inside a skerm, with another man sitting outside, a large iron pot on a fire in front, meat hanging to dry on a branch behind the skerm
Object Number 2001.29.16057
Display Title Man sitting inside a skerm, with another man sitting outside, a large iron pot on a fire in front, meat hanging to dry on a branch behind the skerm
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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Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
2001.29.17387 Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
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
"/Qui Umbilicus" using a toothpick, sitting outside his skerm next to four boys eating out of a dish next to an iron pot, with a woman sitting inside the skerm behind them
2001.29.16212 "/Qui Umbilicus" using a toothpick, sitting outside his skerm next to four boys eating out of a dish next to an iron pot, with a woman sitting inside the skerm behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting next to a skerm with ostrich eggshells on the ground next to them, net bag and strips of meat hanging in a tree near them, two pots cooking on a fire behind them
2001.29.16125 Group of men sitting next to a skerm with ostrich eggshells on the ground next to them, net bag and strips of meat hanging in a tree near them, two pots cooking on a fire behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma skinning an animal, sitting with a group of men, with meat hanging to dry near him, skerms in the background
2001.29.16116 ≠Toma skinning an animal, sitting with a group of men, with meat hanging to dry near him, skerms in the background
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
Woman sitting inside a skerm, mixing something in a tin cup, with belongings hanging on the skerm, an animal hide and a kaross on the ground in front of it
2001.29.16103 Woman sitting inside a skerm, mixing something in a tin cup, with belongings hanging on the skerm, an animal hide and a kaross on the ground in front of it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Person covered with a blanket sitting in front of a shelter skerm, with two children sitting behind them, view from behind, Western jacket hanging from a post nearby
2001.29.15445 Person covered with a blanket sitting in front of a shelter skerm, with two children sitting behind them, view from behind, Western jacket hanging from a post nearby
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with two women preparing mangetti nuts near him
2001.29.16226 Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with two women preparing mangetti nuts near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People sitting in front of a skerm, with a man sleeping inside the skerm
2001.29.17390 People sitting in front of a skerm, with a man sleeping inside the skerm
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
"Mortar and pestle": Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30419 "Mortar and pestle": Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy