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Ju/'hoan children sitting inside a skerm; water bag made from animal stomach hangs from the side of the entrance
Ju/'hoan children sitting inside a skerm; water bag made from animal stomach hangs from the side of the entrance
Object Number 2001.29.25496
Display Title Ju/'hoan children sitting inside a skerm; water bag made from animal stomach hangs from the side of the entrance
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / <County> / /Gam
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 14.605 × 20.32 cm (5 3/4 × 8 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
Ju/'hoan children sitting inside a skerm; water bag made from animal stomach hangs from the side of the entrance
2001.29.25494 Ju/'hoan children sitting inside a skerm; water bag made from animal stomach hangs from the side of the entrance
/Gam
Ju/'hoan children sitting inside a skerm; water bag made from animal stomach hangs from the side of the entrance
2001.29.25495 Ju/'hoan children sitting inside a skerm; water bag made from animal stomach hangs from the side of the entrance
/Gam
[No folder title]: Group of people sitting inside a skerm, shows skerm entrance and water-bag made from an animal stomach (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30659 [No folder title]: Group of people sitting inside a skerm, shows skerm entrance and water-bag made from an animal stomach (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Waterhole / Gwia": Interior of a skerm, with mangetti nuts, two water bags made from animal stomachs, ostrich egg shells, and grass used for bedding
2001.29.30524 "Waterhole / Gwia": Interior of a skerm, with mangetti nuts, two water bags made from animal stomachs, ostrich egg shells, and grass used for bedding
Gautscha
"Waterhole / Gwia": Interior of a skerm, with mangetti nuts, two water bags made from animal stomachs, ostrich egg shells, and grass used for bedding
2001.29.30524.1 "Waterhole / Gwia": Interior of a skerm, with mangetti nuts, two water bags made from animal stomachs, ostrich egg shells, and grass used for bedding
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": Group of people sitting and a child standing in a skerm, with a water bag made from an animal stomach hanging in the entrance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30864 "Living places, shelters": Group of people sitting and a child standing in a skerm, with a water bag made from an animal stomach hanging in the entrance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Man squatting, woman lying down, and child holding an ostrich eggshell, all around a fire; a kaross hangs on a bush and an unidentified object hangs from a branch stuck in the ground
2001.29.25416 Man squatting, woman lying down, and child holding an ostrich eggshell, all around a fire; a kaross hangs on a bush and an unidentified object hangs from a branch stuck in the ground
Gautscha
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
Ju/'hoan women and children sitting; man standing in the background
2001.29.25482 Ju/'hoan women and children sitting; man standing in the background
/Gam
Ju/'hoan women, children, and a man sitting
2001.29.25476 Ju/'hoan women, children, and a man sitting
/Gam
Woman and two children beside a skerm; belongings hang from a tree
2001.29.25415 Woman and two children beside a skerm; belongings hang from a tree
Gautscha
Woman and two children beside a skerm; belongings hang from a tree
2001.29.25414 Woman and two children beside a skerm; belongings hang from a tree
Gautscha