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Man sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm
Man sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm
Object Number 2001.29.16424
Display Title Man sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm
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 next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle
2001.29.16189 Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle
2001.29.16190 Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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 his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle
2001.29.16188 Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting next to a fire, view from behind, with skerms in the background
2001.29.16241 Woman sitting next to a fire, view from behind, with skerms in the background
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
"Mortar and pestle": Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30419 "Mortar and pestle": Man sitting next to a fire in front of his skerm, pounding with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fire burning in front of a skerm
2001.29.16423 Fire burning in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fire burning in front of a skerm
2001.29.16422 Fire burning in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two women sitting next to a fire in front of a shelter skerm
2001.29.17187 Two women sitting next to a fire in front of a shelter skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman eating, sitting with a man inside a skerm, with a fire burning in front of it
2001.29.16170 Woman eating, sitting with a man inside a skerm, with a fire burning in front of it
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