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/Gam wearing a headdress of European beads, close-up
/Gam wearing a headdress of European beads, close-up
Object Number 2001.29.17695
Display Title /Gam wearing a headdress of European beads, close-up
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Slide, color
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 10.16 cm (3 1/4 × 4 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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/Gam wearing a headdress of European beads, sitting
2001.29.17694 /Gam wearing a headdress of European beads, sitting
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.3151 Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads
2001.29.3152 Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads, profile
2001.29.3150 Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads, profile
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads
2001.29.3153 Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Beads: "Old /Gam" drilling ostrich eggshell beads, sharpening the point of the drill on a stone, close-up
2001.29.2798 Beads: "Old /Gam" drilling ostrich eggshell beads, sharpening the point of the drill on a stone, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30787 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up
2001.29.14246 "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up
Gautscha
/Gam making a bead by drilling a hole in a broken piece of ostrich eggshell
2001.29.17691 /Gam making a bead by drilling a hole in a broken piece of ostrich eggshell
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Gam making a bead by drilling a hole in a broken piece of ostrich eggshell
2001.29.17692 /Gam making a bead by drilling a hole in a broken piece of ostrich eggshell
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close-up profile of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of European beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28486 Close-up profile of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of European beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy