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Image Not Available for View of skerms
View of skerms
Image Not Available for View of skerms
Object Number 2001.29.23962
Display Title View of skerms
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1959
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola / Cuando Cubango
Additional Geographic Terms Chimbaranda, 3 hours north of Dirico
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 × 5.5 cm (2 3/16 × 2 3/16 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
Image Not Available for View of skerms (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29458 View of skerms (print is a cropped image)
Cuando Cubango
Image Not Available for Kumsa cutting something next to a tree, children; seated women and skerms in the background
2001.29.23985 Kumsa cutting something next to a tree, children; seated women and skerms in the background
Cuando Cubango
Family sitting in front of a skerm, with other skerms near them, distant view
2001.29.16445 Family sitting in front of a skerm, with other skerms near them, distant view
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Kumsa cutting something next to a tree, children watching; seated women and skerms in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29476 Kumsa cutting something next to a tree, children watching; seated women and skerms in the background (print is a cropped image)
Cuando Cubango
≠Toma skinning an animal, sitting with a group of men, view from the side, with skerms in the background
2001.29.16117 ≠Toma skinning an animal, sitting with a group of men, view from the side, with skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Person standing near skerms in the werft, distant view
2001.29.15783 Person standing near skerms in the werft, distant view
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for View of skerms and a child standing to the left
2001.29.26243 View of skerms and a child standing to the left
Cho/ana
Image Not Available for View of skerms and a child standing to the left
2001.29.26243.1 View of skerms and a child standing to the left
Cho/ana
Image Not Available for View of mangetti trees and skerms
2001.29.25999 View of mangetti trees and skerms
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Werft: Group of people sitting in Xama's living place, distant view, with skerms and "Gao Helmet's" tree in the background
2001.29.3187 Werft: Group of people sitting in Xama's living place, distant view, with skerms and "Gao Helmet's" tree in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for People sitting around fires in werft at Gautscha before skerms were built, view from a distant high point
2001.29.17739 People sitting around fires in werft at Gautscha before skerms were built, view from a distant high point
Gautscha
Two skerms, view from up in a baobab tree
2001.29.16499 Two skerms, view from up in a baobab tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy