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Boy standing in a tree, skerms in background
Boy standing in a tree, skerms in background
Object Number 2001.29.26206.1
Display Title Boy standing in a tree, skerms in background
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 12.3825 cm (4 × 4 7/8 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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Boy standing in a tree, skerms in background
2001.29.26206 Boy standing in a tree, skerms in background
Gautscha
Boy standing in a tree, with skerms in the background
2001.29.14893 Boy standing in a tree, with skerms in the background
Gautscha
Boy in a tree, with N!ai and ≠Nisa sitting with a group of children at the base of the tree, skerms in the background
2001.29.17014 Boy in a tree, with N!ai and ≠Nisa sitting with a group of children at the base of the tree, skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
2001.29.16063 Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29297 [No folder title]: Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
2001.29.15987 Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Werft: Group of people sitting near "Old Xama's" skerm, with "Gao Helmet's" tree and skerms in the background
2001.29.2288 Werft: Group of people sitting near "Old Xama's" skerm, with "Gao Helmet's" tree and skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
2001.29.25103 Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Gautscha
Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, with skerms in the background
2001.29.14211 Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, with skerms in the background
Gautscha
Two boys putting posts into the ground to construct a merry-go-round, with skerms in the background
2001.29.16771 Two boys putting posts into the ground to construct a merry-go-round, with skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Werft: People walking, with a tree next to a dance circle and skerms in the background
2001.29.3190 Werft: People walking, with a tree next to a dance circle and skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy