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Four boys climbing a tree, with a woman drilling ostrich eggshell beads inside a skerm next to the tree
Four boys climbing a tree, with a woman drilling ostrich eggshell beads inside a skerm next to the tree
Object Number 2001.29.16065
Display Title Four boys climbing a tree, with a woman drilling ostrich eggshell beads inside a skerm next to the 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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Woman sitting on a kaross next to a shelter skerm drilling ostrich eggshell beads, with another woman lying on the ground next to her
2001.29.16123 Woman sitting on a kaross next to a shelter skerm drilling ostrich eggshell beads, with another woman lying on the ground next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people near and inside a skerm in the background, with possessions hanging on a tree in the foreground, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
2001.29.15045 Group of people near and inside a skerm in the background, with possessions hanging on a tree in the foreground, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting next to a skerm, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.16137 Woman sitting next to a skerm, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads
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
!U sitting with a group of people, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads, holding her drilling tool on her leg and taking a piece of shell out of her mouth
2001.29.16140 !U sitting with a group of people, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads, holding her drilling tool on her leg and taking a piece of shell out of her mouth
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting next to a fire with a woman with a mortar and pestle, 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
2001.29.16375 /Ti!kay sitting next to a fire with a woman with a mortar and pestle, 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
"/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
"/Qui Umbilicus" holding 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
2001.29.16211 "/Qui Umbilicus" holding 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
Image Not Available for /Ti!kay working under a tree near his skerm, with an ostrich eggshell on the ground next to him, close-up
2001.29.32592 /Ti!kay working under a tree near his skerm, with an ostrich eggshell on the ground next to him, close-up
Tsumkwe
/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 next to a skerm, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
2001.29.16069 Woman sitting next to a skerm, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with his knife, with an animal carcass and ostrich eggshells on the ground next to him
2001.29.16076 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with his knife, with an animal carcass and ostrich eggshells on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy