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Man sewing, using an awl and a piece of leather
Man sewing, using an awl and a piece of leather
Object Number 2001.29.21391
Display Title Man sewing, using an awl and a piece of leather
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Artist William Donnellan
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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Man sewing, using an awl and a piece of leather (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27653 Man sewing, using an awl and a piece of leather (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person sewing, close-up of hands using awl to make a hole for putting a cord through
2001.29.21394 Person sewing, close-up of hands using awl to make a hole for putting a cord through
/Ai Ha !O Pan
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
Sewing: !Ungka making a hole in a piece of leather with an awl to sew on beads, with scarifitcation visible on her leg
2001.29.3156 Sewing: !Ungka making a hole in a piece of leather with an awl to sew on beads, with scarifitcation visible on her leg
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Person sewing, close-up of hands using awl to make a hole for putting a cord through (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27656 Person sewing, close-up of hands using awl to make a hole for putting a cord through (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Person sewing, close-up of hands putting unrolled vegetable fiber through a hole in leather
2001.29.21396 Person sewing, close-up of hands putting unrolled vegetable fiber through a hole in leather
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Woman's hands sewing beads onto a leather strip, close-up
2001.29.22862 Woman's hands sewing beads onto a leather strip, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman's hands sewing beads onto a leather strip, close-up
2001.29.22861 Woman's hands sewing beads onto a leather strip, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman's hands sewing beads onto a leather strip, close-up
2001.29.22860 Woman's hands sewing beads onto a leather strip, close-up
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
2001.29.27256.1 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
[No folder title]: 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
2001.29.30994 [No folder title]: 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
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
2001.29.27256 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