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Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Object Number 2001.29.22635
Display Title Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama 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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Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
2001.29.28605 Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Nama Pan
Girl filling an ostrich eggshell, seen from behind
2001.29.22926 Girl filling an ostrich eggshell, seen from behind
Nama Pan
Women holding their buckets on their heads while others sit and fill ostrich eggshells with water
2001.29.8341 Women holding their buckets on their heads while others sit and fill ostrich eggshells with water
!Go Tsao
Groups: Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music") lying on a kaross in her dwelling place without a skerm, with a water bag made from an animal stomach hanging on a bush and ostrich eggshells and veldkos on the ground
2001.29.1856 Groups: Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music") lying on a kaross in her dwelling place without a skerm, with a water bag made from an animal stomach hanging on a bush and ostrich eggshells and veldkos on the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30786 "Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
2001.29.17517 N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells
2001.29.23110 Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three ostrich eggshells decoated with scratched designs, with stoppers
2001.29.23109 Three ostrich eggshells decoated with scratched designs, with stoppers
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman gathering her filled ostrich eggshells (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28833 Woman gathering her filled ostrich eggshells (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his ostrich eggshell with water (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30536 "Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his ostrich eggshell with water (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells decorated with scratched designs, with stoppers (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30785 "Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells decorated with scratched designs, with stoppers (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
2001.29.23128 Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
Nyae Nyae Conservancy