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Woman sitting next to a skerm working on something, with a child sitting between her legs
Woman sitting next to a skerm working on something, with a child sitting between her legs
Object Number 2001.29.16403
Display Title Woman sitting next to a skerm working on something, with a child sitting between her legs
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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Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
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Group of people sitting, including a woman with a baby on her back in her kaross and a woman wrapped in a striped blanket with a child between her legs
2001.29.17091 Group of people sitting, including a woman with a baby on her back in her kaross and a woman wrapped in a striped blanket with a child between her legs
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Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
2001.29.16053 Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
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"Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29056 "Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
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"Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her
2001.29.23273 "Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her
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!Ungka sitting inside a skerm, nursing a baby, with a child sitting next to her and Di!ai sitting outside
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Woman wearing many ornaments, sitting on her kaross in front of a skerm, working on something
2001.29.16165 Woman wearing many ornaments, sitting on her kaross in front of a skerm, working on something
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Woman wearing a kaross, sitting, with a woman wrapped in a blanket sitting with a child between her legs in the background, a man digging behind her
2001.29.17089 Woman wearing a kaross, sitting, with a woman wrapped in a blanket sitting with a child between her legs in the background, a man digging behind her
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Woman sitting in a shelter skerm, holding a baby, with another child standing near her, enamel pot and bowl in the background
2001.29.17383 Woman sitting in a shelter skerm, holding a baby, with another child standing near her, enamel pot and bowl in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy