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Image Not Available for Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
Image Not Available for Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
Object Number 2001.29.20313
Display Title Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Laurence Marshall
Artist William Donnellan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Gau /U Pan
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 Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
2001.29.26856 Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Ostrich egg hidden in the roof of skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26855 Ostrich egg hidden in the roof of skerm (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Entrance of a skerm
2001.29.20312 Entrance of a skerm
/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Various shapes of figures in colors, including ostrich lying down on eggs, ostrich nest, giraffe, airplane, kudu, waterhole, and skerms
997-11-50/12767 Various shapes of figures in colors, including ostrich lying down on eggs, ostrich nest, giraffe, airplane, kudu, waterhole, and skerms
Drawing
Cho/ana
/Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
2001.29.16373 /Ti!kay sitting with a woman pounding with a mortar and pestle, with a boy sitting in a shelter skerm behind them, animal skin hanging in the opening of the skerm, ostrich eggshells and a melon on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Interior of a skerm
2001.29.20309 Interior of a skerm
/Gau /U Pan
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with his knife, with an animal carcass and ostrich eggshells on the ground next to him
2001.29.16076 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with his knife, with an animal carcass and ostrich eggshells on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!U sitting with a group of people, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads, holding her drilling tool on her leg and taking a piece of shell out of her mouth
2001.29.16140 !U sitting with a group of people, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads, holding her drilling tool on her leg and taking a piece of shell out of her mouth
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Entrance of a skerm
2001.29.20311 Entrance of a skerm
/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Interior of a skerm
2001.29.20310 Interior of a skerm
/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Groups, Extended Family: "Old ≠Toma" squatting and holding an ostrich eggshell in front of Gau's skerm, with "Old /Gam" and other people sitting near him
2001.29.1921 Groups, Extended Family: "Old ≠Toma" squatting and holding an ostrich eggshell in front of Gau's skerm, with "Old /Gam" and other people sitting near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Expedition trucks in a group, expedition members standing around
2001.29.20304 Expedition trucks in a group, expedition members standing around
Manatse