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Elderly woman sitting by her fire
Elderly woman sitting by her fire
Object Number 2001.29.21026
Display Title Elderly woman sitting by her fire
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
[No folder title]: Elderly woman sitting by her fire
2001.29.31005.1 [No folder title]: Elderly woman sitting by her fire
/Ai Ha !O Pan
[No folder title]: Elderly woman sitting by her fire
2001.29.31005 [No folder title]: Elderly woman sitting by her fire
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Child drinking from an ostrich eggshell and a woman (likely /Naoka, U!'s mother) sitting beside a fire with a pot and bones before her
2001.29.22107 Child drinking from an ostrich eggshell and a woman (likely /Naoka, U!'s mother) sitting beside a fire with a pot and bones before her
Nama Pan
Visiting woman lying in her place in her werft with her child lying on her asleep, with a girl sitting by them
2001.29.21254 Visiting woman lying in her place in her werft with her child lying on her asleep, with a girl sitting by them
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Woman from "visiting group" sitting with two children leaning against her
2001.29.21011 Woman from "visiting group" sitting with two children leaning against her
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Twikwe sitting beside her fire with a kaross around her shoulders, with tsama melons in front of her
2001.29.21208 Twikwe sitting beside her fire with a kaross around her shoulders, with tsama melons in front of her
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, most of her possessions were burned when her and Oukwane's skerm caught fire
2001.29.20769 //Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, most of her possessions were burned when her and Oukwane's skerm caught fire
/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
Young woman sitting by a fire
2001.29.21018 Young woman sitting by a fire
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Khuan//a sitting with her son, ≠Toma, and her sister-in-law, ≠Gisa; an unidentified woman lying down, "Old /Gasa," and an unidentified woman holding a girl
2001.29.22837 Khuan//a sitting with her son, ≠Toma, and her sister-in-law, ≠Gisa; an unidentified woman lying down, "Old /Gasa," and an unidentified woman holding a girl
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Khuan//a sitting to the left with her sons, ≠Toma and /Qui, "Old /Gasa" lying down, and an unidentified woman and girl sitting to the right
2001.29.22830 Khuan//a sitting to the left with her sons, ≠Toma and /Qui, "Old /Gasa" lying down, and an unidentified woman and girl sitting to the right
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting and resting her knee on a mortar
2001.29.20935 Woman sitting and resting her knee on a mortar
/Ai Ha !O Pan