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Man walking toward a fire with an iron pot on it, distant view, with another man standing in the background, skerms behind him
Man walking toward a fire with an iron pot on it, distant view, with another man standing in the background, skerms behind him
Object Number 2001.29.16286
Display Title Man walking toward a fire with an iron pot on it, distant view, with another man standing in the background, skerms behind 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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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
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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 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
Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
2001.29.25103 Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Gautscha
Food Gathering, "Manghettis": Man walking past abandoned skerms under a mangetti tree
2001.29.1799 Food Gathering, "Manghettis": Man walking past abandoned skerms under a mangetti tree
Mangetti Forest
Man sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm
2001.29.16425 Man sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, with a child standing near him, skerms in the background
2001.29.16676 Man sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, with a child standing near him, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People sitting in front of a skerm, with a man sleeping inside the skerm
2001.29.17390 People sitting in front of a skerm, with a man sleeping inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma and another man cooking meat in two pots on a fire, with a man holding a bow standing behind them
2001.29.16083 ≠Toma and another man cooking meat in two pots on a fire, with a man holding a bow standing behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People sitting around fires in werft at Gautscha before skerms were built, view from a distant high point
2001.29.17739 People sitting around fires in werft at Gautscha before skerms were built, view from a distant high point
Gautscha
Man sitting, working on arrows, with another man standing next to him, gesturing
2001.29.17021 Man sitting, working on arrows, with another man standing next to him, gesturing
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Boys' fire": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30385.2 "Boys' fire": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha