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Two piles of belongings, including ostrich eggshells, view from up in a baobab tree
Two piles of belongings, including ostrich eggshells, view from up in a baobab tree
Object Number 2001.29.16498
Display Title Two piles of belongings, including ostrich eggshells, view from up in a baobab tree
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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Image Not Available for Inside of a skerm, showing separate piles of ostrich eggshells, tsama melons, and bean pods (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26533 Inside of a skerm, showing separate piles of ostrich eggshells, tsama melons, and bean pods (print is a cropped image)
Chukudu Kraal
Image Not Available for Inside of a skerm, showing separate piles of ostrich eggshells, tsama melons, and bean pods
2001.29.19848 Inside of a skerm, showing separate piles of ostrich eggshells, tsama melons, and bean pods
Chukudu Kraal
Pile of hunting equipment and ostrich eggshells
2001.29.16507 Pile of hunting equipment and ostrich eggshells
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting next to a skerm with ostrich eggshells on the ground next to them, net bag and strips of meat hanging in a tree near them, two pots cooking on a fire behind them
2001.29.16125 Group of men sitting next to a skerm with ostrich eggshells on the ground next to them, net bag and strips of meat hanging in a tree near them, two pots cooking on a fire behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
2001.29.16373 /Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
2001.29.17517 N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Possessions": "Gao Medicine's" possessions including ostrich eggshells, rattles, fiber cord, a quiver, ostrich eggshell beads, and carrying sticks (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30843 "Possessions": "Gao Medicine's" possessions including ostrich eggshells, rattles, fiber cord, a quiver, ostrich eggshell beads, and carrying sticks (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Two men lying on the ground, with three expedition members sitting next to them, a table and chest with food on it in front of them, belongings hanging in a tree near them
2001.29.16334 Two men lying on the ground, with three expedition members sitting next to them, a table and chest with food on it in front of them, belongings hanging in a tree near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Men sitting with expedition members next to a table with food on it in the expedition camp, with belongings hanging in a tree near them
2001.29.16147 Men sitting with expedition members next to a table with food on it in the expedition camp, with belongings hanging in a tree near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting next to a fire with a woman with a mortar and pestle, boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
2001.29.16375 /Ti!kay sitting next to a fire with a woman with a mortar and pestle, boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
2001.29.16372 /Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, looking at a pipe he is holding in his hands, view from the side, with ostrich eggshells on the ground near him
2001.29.16110 Man squatting, looking at a pipe he is holding in his hands, view from the side, with ostrich eggshells on the ground near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy