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Two women carrying babies on their backs
Two women carrying babies on their backs
Object Number 2001.29.18499
Display Title Two women carrying babies on their backs
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Merl La Voy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Negative, nitrate
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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Ovamboland
Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
2001.29.17875 Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
Ovamboland
Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs
2001.29.17874 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)
2001.29.31630 "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
"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
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
Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background
2001.29.18501 Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background
Africa
Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background
2001.29.18500 Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background
Africa
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
Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.13282 Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background (print is a cropped image)
Africa
Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.13281 Woman carrying a baby on her back, with baobab tree in background (print is a cropped image)
Africa
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