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Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Object Number 2001.29.16214
Display Title Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of 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 sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
2001.29.16213 Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
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
"/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" sits on a hide pegged to the ground, scraping it with his adze
2001.29.16105 "/Gao Music" sits on a hide pegged to the ground, scraping it with his adze
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma sitting on an animal hide, talking to someone out of frame, with two adzes on the hide in front of him, scrapings of the animal hide around him
2001.29.15056 ≠Toma sitting on an animal hide, talking to someone out of frame, with two adzes on the hide in front of him, scrapings of the animal hide around him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
2001.29.16674 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
2001.29.16673 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
2001.29.16063 Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
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
"Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
2001.29.16143 "Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
2001.29.16142 "Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, fire paddles on the ground next to them
2001.29.16671 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, fire paddles on the ground next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy