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Woman sitting in front of a skerm, stirring nuts in a fire with a long stick
Woman sitting in front of a skerm, stirring nuts in a fire with a long stick
Object Number 2001.29.17039
Display Title Woman sitting in front of a skerm, stirring nuts in a fire with a long stick
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 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
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting by a fire, cracking nuts, side view, with a blanket hanging in a tree near her, skerm in the background
2001.29.16775 Woman sitting by a fire, cracking nuts, side view, with a blanket hanging in a tree near her, skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and children sitting in front of a skerm, including a boy cracking nuts with a stone, a woman stringing ostrich eggshell beads and a woman holding a metal spoon
2001.29.16159 Group of women and children sitting in front of a skerm, including a boy cracking nuts with a stone, a woman stringing ostrich eggshell beads and a woman holding a metal spoon
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and children sitting in front of a skerm, including a boy cracking nuts with a stone and a woman stringing ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.16158 Group of women and children sitting in front of a skerm, including a boy cracking nuts with a stone and a woman stringing ostrich eggshell beads
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Gunda stirring food in an iron pot with a stick, with a plate of food, broken clay pot, lid and tin cans on the ground next to him, group of people sitting in the background
2001.29.16128 /Gunda stirring food in an iron pot with a stick, with a plate of food, broken clay pot, lid and tin cans on the ground next to him, group of people sitting in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman cooking mangetti nuts, turning them with a fire paddle, with a skerm in the background
2001.29.16227 Woman cooking mangetti nuts, turning them with a fire paddle, with a skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman cooking mangetti nuts, turning them with a fire paddle, with a skerm in the background
2001.29.16228 Woman cooking mangetti nuts, turning them with a fire paddle, with a skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and children preparing nuts, sitting inside a skerm, with a pot of food cooking on a fire near them
2001.29.15564 Group of women and children preparing nuts, sitting inside a skerm, with a pot of food cooking on a fire near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman cracking nuts, sitting next to a fire with !Ungka, another woman and a child, view from the side
2001.29.16802 Woman cracking nuts, sitting next to a fire with !Ungka, another woman and a child, view from the side
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two women sitting in front of a skerm, one cracking nuts
2001.29.17272 Two women sitting in front of a skerm, one cracking nuts
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman holding nuts in her hand, sitting with a child with a bandaged foot in front of a skerm
2001.29.16805 Woman holding nuts in her hand, sitting with a child with a bandaged foot in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy