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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
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
Object Number 2001.29.16063
Display Title 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
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 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
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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
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
2001.29.16057 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
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
Person covered with a blanket sitting in front of a shelter skerm, facing away from the camera, with a pile of nuts, enamel bucket, enamel bowl, cut and ostrich egg shells lying on the ground, Western jacket hanging from a post nearby
2001.29.15444 Person covered with a blanket sitting in front of a shelter skerm, facing away from the camera, with a pile of nuts, enamel bucket, enamel bowl, cut and ostrich egg shells lying on the ground, Western jacket hanging from a post nearby
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Qui, brother of "Gao Helmet," sitting in front of a skerm, with his assegai, bow and quiver hanging on the skerm
2001.29.15041 /Qui, brother of "Gao Helmet," sitting in front of a skerm, with his assegai, bow and quiver hanging on 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
Shelter skerms, with an animal skin hanging to dry near them
2001.29.15361 Shelter skerms, with an animal skin hanging to dry near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15857 "/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15858 "/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Tsamgao wearing a white T-shirt, leaning over a jerry can in front of a fire, with people sitting and standing near him
2001.29.15315 Tsamgao wearing a white T-shirt, leaning over a jerry can in front of a fire, with people sitting and standing near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Tsamgao wearing a white T-shirt, leaning over a jerry can in front of a fire, with people sitting and standing near him
2001.29.15316 Tsamgao wearing a white T-shirt, leaning over a jerry can in front of a fire, with people sitting and standing near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy