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Woman wearing a safety pin in her ear, cutting a piece of ostrich eggshell with a knife, with ≠Toma sitting in the background eating
Woman wearing a safety pin in her ear, cutting a piece of ostrich eggshell with a knife, with ≠Toma sitting in the background eating
Object Number 2001.29.16077
Display Title Woman wearing a safety pin in her ear, cutting a piece of ostrich eggshell with a knife, with ≠Toma sitting in the background eating
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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≠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
Children, Eating: N!ai (≠Toma's niece) giving a drink of water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], to /Gaishay (her half-brother)
2001.29.257 Children, Eating: N!ai (≠Toma's niece) giving a drink of water from //’ai [ostrich eggshell water container], to /Gaishay (her half-brother)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
2001.29.17517 N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with a string of beads on a piece of burlap next to her
2001.29.15674 Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with a string of beads on a piece of burlap next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with a string of beads on a piece of burlap next to her
2001.29.15675 Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with a string of beads on a piece of burlap next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30526.1 "Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
2001.29.23128 Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
2001.29.28933 Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) drinking from an ostrich eggshell, and Be and Khuan//a together behind them
2001.29.1857 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) drinking from an ostrich eggshell, and Be and Khuan//a together 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
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
Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
2001.29.16068 Woman sitting, stringing ostrich eggshell beads, with finished necklaces and a pile of beads on a kaross on the ground next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy