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Family sitting inside their skerm, working, with a fire laid outside the entrance
Family sitting inside their skerm, working, with a fire laid outside the entrance
Object Number 2001.29.16192
Display Title Family sitting inside their skerm, working, with a fire laid outside the entrance
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 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
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
Woman sitting inside a skerm, with her back to the entrance of the skerm
2001.29.15357 Woman sitting inside a skerm, with her back to the entrance of the skerm
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
Group of men sitting in front of a skerm, working and resting, with a woman sitting inside a skerm in the background
2001.29.16166 Group of men sitting in front of a skerm, working and resting, with a woman sitting inside a skerm in the background
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
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 eating, sitting with a man inside a skerm, with a fire burning in front of it
2001.29.16170 Woman eating, sitting with a man inside a skerm, with a fire burning in front of it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting in the entrance of a skerm near a tree
2001.29.16675 Man sitting in the entrance of a skerm near a tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy cracking tsi from an enamel dish, sitting with his family in front of their skerm
2001.29.15102 Boy cracking tsi from an enamel dish, sitting with his family in front of their skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy