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Man chopping meat with an axe, with a cooking pot on the ground behind him, skerm in the background
Man chopping meat with an axe, with a cooking pot on the ground behind him, skerm in the background
Object Number 2001.29.16217
Display Title Man chopping meat with an axe, with a cooking pot on the ground behind him, skerm in the background
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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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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≠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
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2001.29.16206 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
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 stirring a pot of meat cooking over a fire, with ≠Toma sitting next to him holding a plate of meat, a man holding a bow standing near them
2001.29.16084 Man stirring a pot of meat cooking over a fire, with ≠Toma sitting next to him holding a plate of meat, a man holding a bow standing near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
≠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
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy chopping a tree stump with an axe, with other boys standing next to him
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy