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Possessions on the ground next to a bush, including an axe, stick, eggshell and tin cup
Possessions on the ground next to a bush, including an axe, stick, eggshell and tin cup
Object Number 2001.29.16506
Display Title Possessions on the ground next to a bush, including an axe, stick, eggshell and tin cup
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 people near and inside a skerm in the background, with possessions hanging on a tree in the foreground, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
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Group of people lying in the shade behind a tree with possessions hanging on it, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
2001.29.15046 Group of people lying in the shade behind a tree with possessions hanging on it, including quiver sacks with bows, assegais, tin cans, cups and buckets; ostrich egg shells and a blanket on the ground next to the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Possessions on and next to a bush, including hunting bags, bow, quiver, two tin cans and a melon
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Gautscha
Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
2001.29.15436 Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
2001.29.15443 Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine's" possessions including ostrich eggs, rattles, fiber cord, a quiver, ostrich eggshell beads, and carrying sticks
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Gautscha
Man standing, talking to a woman who is sitting, with ostrich eggshells, a tin can and a blanket on the ground next to them
2001.29.16014 Man standing, talking to a woman who is sitting, with ostrich eggshells, a tin can and a blanket on the ground next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People sleeping under a blanket in a shelter skerm, with two ostrich egg shells, tin cups and something made from an animal skin on the ground next to them
2001.29.15808 People sleeping under a blanket in a shelter skerm, with two ostrich egg shells, tin cups and something made from an animal skin on the ground next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People sleeping under a blanket in a shelter skerm, with two ostrich egg shells, tin cups and something made from an animal skin on the ground next to them
2001.29.15809 People sleeping under a blanket in a shelter skerm, with two ostrich egg shells, tin cups and something made from an animal skin on the ground next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman standing, carrying possessions on her back, holding a tin bucket, with other people standing in the background
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Person's possessions in a tree, including an ostrich eggshell
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