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Girl standing in front of skerm and stirring something cooking on a fire
Girl standing in front of skerm and stirring something cooking on a fire
Object Number 2001.29.23989
Display Title Girl standing in front of skerm and stirring something cooking on a fire
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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Food, Cooking: Woman stirring something in a pot in front of a skerm, with other skerms in the background
2001.29.5779 Food, Cooking: Woman stirring something in a pot in front of a skerm, with other skerms in the background
Gautscha
Food, Cooking: Woman sitting in front of a skerm, stirring something in ashes
2001.29.5776 Food, Cooking: Woman sitting in front of a skerm, stirring something in ashes
Gautscha
Woman stirring something in a large pottery cooking pot on the fire
2001.29.25307 Woman stirring something in a large pottery cooking pot on the fire
Naulila
Woman stirring something in a large pottery cooking pot on the fire
2001.29.24892 Woman stirring something in a large pottery cooking pot on the fire
Naulila
Woman stirring something in a large pottery cooking pot on the fire
2001.29.25152 Woman stirring something in a large pottery cooking pot on the fire
Naulila
Woman stirring nuts in a fire with a fire paddle, sitting with her family in front of a skerm, an iron pot and enamel basin inside the skerm in the background
2001.29.17041 Woman stirring nuts in a fire with a fire paddle, sitting with her family in front of a skerm, an iron pot and enamel basin inside the skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Cooking: "/Qui Hunter" stirring food in a pot in front of a skerm, with his wife, /Naoka, and her mother, "Old /Gasa" sitting near him
2001.29.1647 Food, Cooking: "/Qui Hunter" stirring food in a pot in front of a skerm, with his wife, /Naoka, and her mother, "Old /Gasa" sitting near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Cooking: "/Qui Hunter" stirring food in a pot in front of a skerm, with his wife, /Naoka, and her mother, "Old /Gasa" sitting near him
2001.29.1653 Food, Cooking: "/Qui Hunter" stirring food in a pot in front of a skerm, with his wife, /Naoka, and her mother, "Old /Gasa" sitting near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
2001.29.17387 Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two girls cooking in front of a skerm
2001.29.23994 Two girls cooking in front of a skerm
Cuando Cubango
Two girls cooking in front of a skerm
2001.29.23993 Two girls cooking in front of a skerm
Cuando Cubango
Food, Cooking: "/Qui Hunter" stirring food in a pot with a fire paddle, with his wife, /Naoka, her mother, "Old /Gasa," and an unidentified woman sitting near him
2001.29.1664 Food, Cooking: "/Qui Hunter" stirring food in a pot with a fire paddle, with his wife, /Naoka, her mother, "Old /Gasa," and an unidentified woman sitting near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy