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"/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
"/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
Object Number 2001.29.16211
Display Title "/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
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
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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"/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
Man putting a spear behind him, sitting with his wife in front of a skerm, with a man squatting near them, dog sitting next to them
2001.29.16458 Man putting a spear behind him, sitting with his wife in front of a skerm, with a man squatting near them, dog sitting next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Eating: //Kushay and "/Qui Navel" sitting in their skerm, eating, with one of their sons standing next to them
2001.29.2991 Food, Eating: //Kushay and "/Qui Navel" sitting in their skerm, eating, with one of their sons standing next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Eating:  //Kushay and "/Qui Navel" sitting in their skerm, eating, with one of their sons standing next to them
2001.29.2989 Food, Eating: //Kushay and "/Qui Navel" sitting in their skerm, eating, with one of their sons standing next to them
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
Man putting a spear in his bag, sitting with his wife in front of a skerm, with a man squatting near them, dog sitting next to them
2001.29.16457 Man putting a spear in his bag, sitting with his wife in front of a skerm, with a man squatting near them, dog sitting next to 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
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
Bojo eating, sitting in front of his skerm next to a man playing a //guashi, with dogs standing next to them
2001.29.15936 Bojo eating, sitting in front of his skerm next to a man playing a //guashi, with dogs standing next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Bojo eating, sitting in front of his skerm next to a man playing a //guashi, with dogs standing next to them
2001.29.15937 Bojo eating, sitting in front of his skerm next to a man playing a //guashi, with dogs standing next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Ungka sitting inside a skerm, nursing a baby, with a child sitting next to her and Di!ai sitting outside
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/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
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy