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Two women sitting in front of a skerm, one handing a pipe to the other
Two women sitting in front of a skerm, one handing a pipe to the other
Object Number 2001.29.17275
Display Title Two women sitting in front of a skerm, one handing a pipe to the other
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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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
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Gautscha
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.16103 Woman sitting inside a skerm, mixing something in a tin cup, with belongings hanging on the skerm, an animal hide and a kaross on the ground in front of it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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
Media Restricted
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2001.29.16226 Man pounding with a mortar and pestle, sitting in the opening of his skerm, with two women preparing mangetti nuts near him
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