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//Kuǂtera sitting in the sand, her belongings spread before her
//Kuǂtera sitting in the sand, her belongings spread before her
Object Number 2001.29.20768
Display Title //Kuǂtera sitting in the sand, her belongings spread before her
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O 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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//Kuǂtera sitting in the sand, her belongings spread before her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27180 //Kuǂtera sitting in the sand, her belongings spread before her (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29067 Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman holding her kaross in back of her, standing next to a man squatting, working a piece of sinew, with his belongings on the ground next to him
2001.29.16163 Woman holding her kaross in back of her, standing next to a man squatting, working a piece of sinew, with his belongings on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son
2001.29.23285 Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman carrying a baby and belongings, with "Short /Qui" standing behind her
2001.29.17425 Woman carrying a baby and belongings, with "Short /Qui" standing behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20875 Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Kwaiǂkabe, !Oukabe, and /Twikwe/ sitting; //Kuǂtera bent over with head on her arm
2001.29.20406 //Kwaiǂkabe, !Oukabe, and /Twikwe/ sitting; //Kuǂtera bent over with head on her arm
/Gau /U Pan
Woman sitting inside a skerm, mixing something in a tin cup, with belongings hanging on the skerm, an animal hide and a kaross on the ground in front of it
2001.29.16103 Woman sitting inside a skerm, mixing something in a tin cup, with belongings hanging on the skerm, an animal hide and a kaross on the ground in front of it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting under a tree, including ≠Toma, and shows belongings hung in the tree
2001.29.22000 Group of people sitting under a tree, including ≠Toma, and shows belongings hung in the tree
Nama Pan
//Kwaiǂkabe, !Oukabe, and /Twikwe/ sitting; //Kuǂtera bent over with head on her arm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26921 //Kwaiǂkabe, !Oukabe, and /Twikwe/ sitting; //Kuǂtera bent over with head on her arm (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
Boys climbing in a tree with hanging belongings
2001.29.22657 Boys climbing in a tree with hanging belongings
Nama Pan
Belongings hung in bushes at a living place in a werft
2001.29.22628 Belongings hung in bushes at a living place in a werft
Nama Pan