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Ostrich egg hidden in the roof of skerm (print is a cropped image)
Ostrich egg hidden in the roof of skerm (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.26855
Display Title Ostrich egg hidden in the roof of skerm (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Gau /U Pan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 16.51 cm (8 × 6 1/2 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
Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
2001.29.20313 Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
/Gau /U Pan
Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
2001.29.26856 Ostrich eggshell hidden in the roof of skerm
/Gau /U Pan
Entrance of a skerm
2001.29.20312 Entrance of a skerm
/Gau /U Pan
"Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30786 "Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Khuan//a (Gau's wife) placing ostrich egg shells wrapped in grass in her kaross and her child standing near her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31161 [No folder title]: Khuan//a (Gau's wife) placing ostrich egg shells wrapped in grass in her kaross and her child standing near her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Entrance of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26854 Entrance of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
Interior of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26853 Interior of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells decorated with scratched designs, with stoppers (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30785 "Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells decorated with scratched designs, with stoppers (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Khuan//a (Gau's wife) placing ostrich egg shells wrapped in grass in her kaross with her child standing beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31163 [No folder title]: Khuan//a (Gau's wife) placing ostrich egg shells wrapped in grass in her kaross with her child standing beside her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30788 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Inside of a skerm, showing separate piles of ostrich eggshells, tsama melons, and bean pods (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26533 Inside of a skerm, showing separate piles of ostrich eggshells, tsama melons, and bean pods (print is a cropped image)
Chukudu Kraal