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Object Number 2001.29.17875
Display Title Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Merl La Voy
Culture
  • Ovambo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Ovamboland
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
2001.29.17874 Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
Ovamboland
Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
2001.29.17873 Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31631 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31630 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
Two women carrying babies on their backs
2001.29.18499 Two women carrying babies on their backs
Africa
Women walking, carrying bundles on their heads and babies on their backs
2001.29.4950 Women walking, carrying bundles on their heads and babies on their backs
Cuanhama
Children, Fathers and sons: Group of women and children playing, including a boy carrying /Gaishay on his shoulder, young women carrying babies on their backs and N!ai clapping (middle)
2001.29.1506 Children, Fathers and sons: Group of women and children playing, including a boy carrying /Gaishay on his shoulder, young women carrying babies on their backs and N!ai clapping (middle)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three women, two carrying babies on their backs, dancing in a circle clapping their hands, with a group of women and children watching in the background
2001.29.16289 Three women, two carrying babies on their backs, dancing in a circle clapping their hands, with a group of women and children watching in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Men dancing in a line in a night dance, with women carrying babies on their backs standing near them
2001.29.17139 Men dancing in a line in a night dance, with women carrying babies on their backs standing near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Women standing near sacks and baskets of grain
2001.29.17948 Women standing near sacks and baskets of grain
Ovamboland
Women standing in front of storage basket, with their backs to the camera
2001.29.17998 Women standing in front of storage basket, with their backs to the camera
Ovamboland
Two women carrying baskets
2001.29.17882 Two women carrying baskets
Ovamboland