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Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves next to him
Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves next to him
Object Number 2001.29.16206
Display Title Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves next to him
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, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
2001.29.16207 Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
2001.29.1707 Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with a knife, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
2001.29.16075 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with a knife, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" and /Gam starting to cook meat in the ashes of a fire, with a man from a visiting band sitting at a polite distance from their fire
2001.29.3005 Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" and /Gam starting to cook meat in the ashes of a fire, with a man from a visiting band sitting at a polite distance from their fire
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
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it off at his mouth, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
2001.29.16074 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it off at his mouth, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
2001.29.22201 Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
Nama Pan
"Photos of Children": Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31453 "Photos of Children": Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" squatting next to his share of meat after distribution
2001.29.3004 Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" squatting next to his share of meat after distribution
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" squatting next to his share of meat after distribution
2001.29.3001 Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" squatting next to his share of meat after distribution
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Eating: Girl cooking meat in ashes with a fire paddle
2001.29.1351 Children, Eating: Girl cooking meat in ashes with a fire paddle
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" cutting a quarter of meat, his share in a distribution of meat, with a friend sitting beside him
2001.29.1681 Food, Meat: "Old ≠Toma" cutting a quarter of meat, his share in a distribution of meat, with a friend sitting beside him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy