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Men working on an animal carcass, including one skinning a leg, with a knife resting in a slit in the animal's skin
Men working on an animal carcass, including one skinning a leg, with a knife resting in a slit in the animal's skin
Object Number 2001.29.16995
Display Title Men working on an animal carcass, including one skinning a leg, with a knife resting in a slit in the animal's skin
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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Four men preparing an animal carcass for skinning and butchering
2001.29.16993 Four men preparing an animal carcass for skinning and butchering
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Meat sharing": Four men preparing an animal carcass for skinning and butchering (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30727 "Meat sharing": Four men preparing an animal carcass for skinning and butchering (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Short /Qui" slitting the skin of an animal carcass, with another man pulling the skin away from the animal
2001.29.16997 "Short /Qui" slitting the skin of an animal carcass, with another man pulling the skin away from the animal
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Hunter leaning over, skinning an animal carcass, with other men in the background
2001.29.16996 Hunter leaning over, skinning an animal carcass, with other men in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Short /Qui" and an unidentified man skinning a kudu carcass
2001.29.16708 "Short /Qui" and an unidentified man skinning a kudu carcass
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with his knife, with an animal carcass and ostrich eggshells on the ground next to him
2001.29.16076 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with his knife, with an animal carcass and ostrich eggshells on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man holding two knives, working with other men on an animal carcass
2001.29.16994 Man holding two knives, working with other men on an animal carcass
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay), with Khokove using a fire paddle to cover tsi with ashes and a man working on an animal skin
2001.29.1336 Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay), with Khokove using a fire paddle to cover tsi with ashes and a man working on an animal skin
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Short /Qui" working on the hind legs of a kudu carcass
2001.29.16710 "Short /Qui" working on the hind legs of a kudu carcass
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Short /Qui" skinning a dead kudu, holding a knife in one hand, legs in the other
2001.29.16707 "Short /Qui" skinning a dead kudu, holding a knife in one hand, legs in the other
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two men leaning over, working on a kudu carcass
2001.29.16712 Two men leaning over, working on a kudu carcass
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Short /Qui" and two unidentified men skinning a kudu carcass
2001.29.16709 "Short /Qui" and two unidentified men skinning a kudu carcass
Nyae Nyae Conservancy