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Image Not Available for Skerm and a tree
Skerm and a tree
Image Not Available for Skerm and a tree
Object Number 2001.29.19898
Display Title Skerm and a tree
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / <County> / Manatse
Materials Negative, 35mm
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
Image Not Available for Skerm: "Gao Helmet's" dwelling place with no skerm, shows a grass bed, ostrich egg shells, quiver and other belongings hanging in a tree
2001.29.2126 Skerm: "Gao Helmet's" dwelling place with no skerm, shows a grass bed, ostrich egg shells, quiver and other belongings hanging in a tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Werft: Group of people sitting near "Old Xama's" skerm, with "Gao Helmet's" tree and skerms in the background
2001.29.2288 Werft: Group of people sitting near "Old Xama's" skerm, with "Gao Helmet's" tree and skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Skerm: Skerms under a large tree
2001.29.2139 Skerm: Skerms under a large tree
Namibia
Image Not Available for Skerm: Skerms under a large tree
2001.29.2140 Skerm: Skerms under a large tree
Namibia
Image Not Available for Skerm: Person standing under a big tree with a skerm next to it
2001.29.2136 Skerm: Person standing under a big tree with a skerm next to it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Werft: Group of boys walking through brush and grass, with "Gao Helmet's" skerm (right), tree next to a dance circle (center) and N!ai's marriage skerm (left) in the background
2001.29.2281 Werft: Group of boys walking through brush and grass, with "Gao Helmet's" skerm (right), tree next to a dance circle (center) and N!ai's marriage skerm (left) in the background
Gautscha
Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
2001.29.15436 Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
2001.29.15443 Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Skerm and a tree (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26574 Skerm and a tree (print is a cropped image)
Manatse
Two men setting up poles for a triangle skerm, with the structure of a circular skerm behind them, hunting bags hanging from a tree near them
2001.29.15946 Two men setting up poles for a triangle skerm, with the structure of a circular skerm behind them, hunting bags hanging from a tree near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Four boys climbing a tree, with a woman drilling ostrich eggshell beads inside a skerm next to the tree
2001.29.16065 Four boys climbing a tree, with a woman drilling ostrich eggshell beads inside a skerm next to the tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy in a tree, with N!ai and ≠Nisa sitting with a group of children at the base of the tree, skerms in the background
2001.29.17014 Boy in a tree, with N!ai and ≠Nisa sitting with a group of children at the base of the tree, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy