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Object Number 2001.29.22791
Display Title !U holding a tortoise shell
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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!U holding a tortoise shell (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28725 !U holding a tortoise shell (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
2001.29.22572 Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
2001.29.28559 Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Ungka Norna holding unto !U's head, Kernel Ledimo sitting in a chair behind them, and other unidentified people
2001.29.22726 !Ungka Norna holding unto !U's head, Kernel Ledimo sitting in a chair behind them, and other unidentified people
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Ungka Norna sitting in the lap of her mother, !U, in the midst of other unidentified people
2001.29.22741 !Ungka Norna sitting in the lap of her mother, !U, in the midst of other unidentified people
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three women sitting, one wearing a tortoise shell and arm bracelet, holding a baby, with Nicholas England's face at the left
2001.29.17392 Three women sitting, one wearing a tortoise shell and arm bracelet, holding a baby, with Nicholas England's face at the left
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!U's son /Gaishay giving Debe something, sitting with Debe, "≠Gao Lame," Norna and !U
2001.29.21897 !U's son /Gaishay giving Debe something, sitting with Debe, "≠Gao Lame," Norna and !U
Nama Pan
/Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
2001.29.21887 /Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
Nama Pan
Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
2001.29.20795 Oukwane's possessions, including a skin he is tanning, a bag containing beans, scraps of steenbok skin, a tortoise shell used as a spoon, and a quiver and bow
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Naoka (!U's mother), !Ungka Norna, and an unidentified, visiting girl beside a fire
2001.29.22223 /Naoka (!U's mother), !Ungka Norna, and an unidentified, visiting girl beside a fire
Nama Pan
Group of seated women and children including !U, laughing, with !Ungka Norna, her two sons, Tsmagao and /Gaishay, //Kushay holding "Little ≠Gao" in her lap who is possibly nursing, and other unidentified people
2001.29.22080 Group of seated women and children including !U, laughing, with !Ungka Norna, her two sons, Tsmagao and /Gaishay, //Kushay holding "Little ≠Gao" in her lap who is possibly nursing, and other unidentified people
Nama Pan
!U sitting, with Norna leaning against her shoulder, and holding Debe who is crying
2001.29.22028 !U sitting, with Norna leaning against her shoulder, and holding Debe who is crying
Nama Pan