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Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
Object Number 2001.29.16073
Display Title Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
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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Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
2001.29.16062 Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
2001.29.16072 Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
2001.29.16214 Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
2001.29.16213 Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man scraping a hide, sitting with ≠Toma and another man
2001.29.16005 Man scraping a hide, sitting with ≠Toma and another man
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" sits on a hide pegged to the ground, scraping it with his adze
2001.29.16105 "/Gao Music" sits on a hide pegged to the ground, scraping it with his adze
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people in an intermission in a night dance, including "Gao Medicine" wrapped in a blanket, /Gunda (N!ai's husband) standing in front of him, //Ao wearing a white shirt and ≠Toma wearing a white shirt and shorts, with his back to the camera
2001.29.14904 Group of people in an intermission in a night dance, including "Gao Medicine" wrapped in a blanket, /Gunda (N!ai's husband) standing in front of him, //Ao wearing a white shirt and ≠Toma wearing a white shirt and shorts, with his back to the camera
Gautscha
Man wearing a shirt, shorts and shoes and performing a social dance, with /Oβa and /Gaishay behind him and "Old Xama" (from Werft 2) sitting in the background
2001.29.8544 Man wearing a shirt, shorts and shoes and performing a social dance, with /Oβa and /Gaishay behind him and "Old Xama" (from Werft 2) sitting in the background
!Go Tsao
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30394 "Scraping hides, working on hides": Man scraping a hide, with his adze lying next to him on the ground (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Scraping Skin: Two women walking, one with a child on her back, with a skin stretched and pegged out in the foreground to dry for several days
2001.29.2151 Scraping Skin: Two women walking, one with a child on her back, with a skin stretched and pegged out in the foreground to dry for several days
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma Kam wearing shorts and kerchief, leaning against a tree
2001.29.3400 ≠Toma Kam wearing shorts and kerchief, leaning against a tree
Mangetti Forest
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