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Skerm with smoke from a fire blowing across it, with a pile of nuts and an ostrich eggshell on the ground next to it
Skerm with smoke from a fire blowing across it, with a pile of nuts and an ostrich eggshell on the ground next to it
Object Number 2001.29.16191
Display Title Skerm with smoke from a fire blowing across it, with a pile of nuts and an ostrich eggshell on the ground next to it
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 squatting next to the expedition hut, shaking hands with Laurence Marshall, with smoke blowing across them
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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
Group of women and children sitting in front of a skerm, including a boy cracking nuts with a stone, a woman stringing ostrich eggshell beads and a woman holding a metal spoon
2001.29.16159 Group of women and children sitting in front of a skerm, including a boy cracking nuts with a stone, a woman stringing ostrich eggshell beads and a woman holding a metal spoon
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.16158 Group of women and children sitting in front of a skerm, including a boy cracking nuts with a stone and a woman stringing ostrich eggshell beads
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Woman standing with four children in the werft, with smoke from a fire and skerms in the background
2001.29.16389 Woman standing with four children in the werft, with smoke from a fire and skerms in the background
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
/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
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
Woman sitting near a large pile of nuts, cracking nuts, with two children sitting next to her, eating
2001.29.16735 Woman sitting near a large pile of nuts, cracking nuts, with two children sitting next to her, eating
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman stirring nuts in a fire with a fire paddle, sitting with her family in front of a skerm, an iron pot and enamel basin inside the skerm in the background
2001.29.17041 Woman stirring nuts in a fire with a fire paddle, sitting with her family in front of a skerm, an iron pot and enamel basin inside the skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman arranging a pile of mangetti nuts cooking in the ashes of a fire, close-up
2001.29.16801 Woman arranging a pile of mangetti nuts cooking in the ashes of a fire, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy