Skerms and ostrich shells buried in the sand

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Object Number 2001.29.26746

Display Title Skerms and ostrich shells buried in the sand

Descriptions

Department Photographic

Date 1955

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / <County> / Okwa Omuramba

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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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
Image Not Available for Skerms and ostrich shells buried in the sand	2001.29.20168	Skerms and ostrich shells buried in the sand		/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Ostrich shells buried in the sand, close-up	2001.29.26747	Ostrich shells buried in the sand, close-up		Okwa Omuramba
Image Not Available for Abandoned skerms, ostrich shell buried in the sand	2001.29.26754	Abandoned skerms, ostrich shell buried in the sand		/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Ostrich shells buried in the sand, close-up	2001.29.20169	Ostrich shells buried in the sand, close-up		/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Abandoned skerms, ostrich shell buried in the sand	2001.29.20181	Abandoned skerms, ostrich shell buried in the sand		/Gau /U Pan
Image Not Available for Ancient lake deposit of sand (with pieces of ostrich egg shells)	60-30-50/10389	Ancient lake deposit of sand (with pieces of ostrich egg shells)	Non-cultural	Libya
	2001.29.13600	"Gao Medicine" sitting in front of his skerm and next to his possessions, including rattles, oracle disks, an Ovambo pot, ostrich egg shells, quiver, and cord		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "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
	2001.29.15443	Child standing in front of a skerm, with ostrich egg shells on the ground, tin cans on top of the skerm, possessions hanging in a nearby tree		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
	2001.29.15857	"/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
	2001.29.15858	"/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "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

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