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Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
Object Number 2001.29.22988
Display Title Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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"Rite of First Menstruation": Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30899 "Rite of First Menstruation": Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
2001.29.2114 Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
2001.29.2116 Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
2001.29.2115 Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone meal and red powder which she used to clean her kaross
2001.29.7868 Woman pounding bone meal and red powder which she used to clean her kaross
Gwia
!U pounding bone meal and pigment with a stone on her kaross, with two children sitting next to her, her husband, ≠Toma, scraping a skin in the background
2001.29.16834 !U pounding bone meal and pigment with a stone on her kaross, with two children sitting next to her, her husband, ≠Toma, scraping a skin in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting, pounding bone meal in her kaross with a rock
2001.29.16796 Woman sitting, pounding bone meal in her kaross with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting, pounding bone meal in her kaross with a rock
2001.29.16798 Woman sitting, pounding bone meal in her kaross with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman sitting, pounding bone meal in her kaross with a rock
2001.29.16797 Woman sitting, pounding bone meal in her kaross with a rock
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Red Powder: Woman sitting and using a stone to pound red powder to use on her kaross
2001.29.2117 Red Powder: Woman sitting and using a stone to pound red powder to use on her kaross
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28853 Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28854 Woman pounding bone and red powder in her kaross with a stone (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy