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Woman wearing a kaross, sitting, with a woman wrapped in a blanket sitting with a child between her legs in the background, a man digging behind her
Woman wearing a kaross, sitting, with a woman wrapped in a blanket sitting with a child between her legs in the background, a man digging behind her
Object Number 2001.29.17089
Display Title Woman wearing a kaross, sitting, with a woman wrapped in a blanket sitting with a child between her legs in the background, a man digging behind her
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Group of people sitting, including a woman with a baby on her back in her kaross and a woman wrapped in a striped blanket with a child between her legs
2001.29.17091 Group of people sitting, including a woman with a baby on her back in her kaross and a woman wrapped in a striped blanket with a child between her legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wrapped in a striped blanket, with a child between her legs, sitting with a group of people, with assegais stuck into the ground near them
2001.29.17088 Woman wrapped in a striped blanket, with a child between her legs, sitting with a group of people, with assegais stuck into the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
2001.29.16060 Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
2001.29.16053 Child sleeping on a kaross between a man and a woman sitting; the woman has a mortar and pestle between her legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, with a woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground in the background, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
2001.29.17082 Man squatting, with a woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground in the background, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting with her kaross wrapped around her legs, smoking a pipe, with two boys standing next to her
2001.29.16799 Woman sitting with her kaross wrapped around her legs, smoking a pipe, with two boys standing next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a kaross sitting, with a man sitting behind her, an assegai stuck into the ground near them
2001.29.17084 Woman wearing a kaross sitting, with a man sitting behind her, an assegai stuck into the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka wrapped in a kaross, lying on the ground, with a woman and child sitting in the background, blankets hanging from a line over them
2001.29.15327 /Naoka wrapped in a kaross, lying on the ground, with a woman and child sitting in the background, blankets hanging from a line over them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a kaross, sitting on a rock at the edge of a pan, bathing, with a digging stick on a rock next to her
2001.29.15622 Woman wearing a kaross, sitting on a rock at the edge of a pan, bathing, with a digging stick on a rock next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a kaross, sitting on a rock at the edge of a pan, bathing, with a digging stick on a rock next to her
2001.29.15623 Woman wearing a kaross, sitting on a rock at the edge of a pan, bathing, with a digging stick on a rock next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting on her kaross, leaning against a tree trunk
2001.29.15197 Woman sitting on her kaross, leaning against a tree trunk
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
2001.29.17081 Woman wearing a kaross, sitting next to a blanket on the ground, three assegais and a bow stuck into the ground near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy