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//Ku≠tera pounding something in a mortar
//Ku≠tera pounding something in a mortar
Object Number 2001.29.20786
Display Title //Ku≠tera pounding something in a mortar
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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//Ku≠tera pounding something in a mortar (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27190 //Ku≠tera pounding something in a mortar (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai walking off with a carrying net hung on his back; group of people, including //Ku≠tera and DaSi!Na, sitting by fire in werft in the background
2001.29.21275 !Gai walking off with a carrying net hung on his back; group of people, including //Ku≠tera and DaSi!Na, sitting by fire in werft in the background
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Portrait of //Ku≠tera, half figure seated
2001.29.21300 Portrait of //Ku≠tera, half figure seated
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera standing with digging sticks carried horizontally in kaross, full figure
2001.29.21409 //Ku≠tera standing with digging sticks carried horizontally in kaross, full figure
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
2001.29.21139 !Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera sitting to empty load of tsama melons from kaross onto ground
2001.29.21136 //Ku≠tera sitting to empty load of tsama melons from kaross onto ground
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera sitting to empty load of tsama melons from kaross onto ground
2001.29.21134 //Ku≠tera sitting to empty load of tsama melons from kaross onto ground
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera sitting to empty load of tsama melons from kaross onto ground
2001.29.21135 //Ku≠tera sitting to empty load of tsama melons from kaross onto ground
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera carrying load of tsama melons in kaross worn over her head
2001.29.21133 //Ku≠tera carrying load of tsama melons in kaross worn over her head
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
2001.29.21140 !Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Sieve made by //Ku≠tera, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20777 Sieve made by //Ku≠tera, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
2001.29.20775 //Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
/Ai Ha !O Pan