Skip to main content
Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something, possibly an arrow foreshaft
Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something, possibly an arrow foreshaft
Object Number 2001.29.26006.1
Display Title Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something, possibly an arrow foreshaft
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "207-3 / print by A. Scherz"
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 × 12.3 cm (3 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

Important Note about Historical Language

Collections records may contain language, reflecting past collecting practices and methods of analysis, that is no longer acceptable. The Peabody Museum is committed to addressing the problem of offensive and discriminatory language present in its database. Our museum staff are continually updating these records, adding to and improving content. We welcome your feedback and any questions or concerns you may want to share. Please email us with your comments.

PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something, possibly an arrow foreshaft
2001.29.26006 Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something, possibly an arrow foreshaft
Gautscha
Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something, possibly an arrow foreshaft
2001.29.14564 Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something, possibly an arrow foreshaft
Gautscha
Top: Boy carrying a stomach water bag and another bag on a digging stick on his shoulder, walking in grass, seen from the back; bottom: Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something
2001.29.25106 Top: Boy carrying a stomach water bag and another bag on a digging stick on his shoulder, walking in grass, seen from the back; bottom: Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something
Gautscha
Skerm: Man working on something in front of a skerm, holding his stone anvil with his foot, with a grass bed and an ostrich egg inside the skerm
2001.29.2143 Skerm: Man working on something in front of a skerm, holding his stone anvil with his foot, with a grass bed and an ostrich egg inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Nisa pounding something, possibly tsi, sitting with //Ao in front of their skerm
2001.29.13926 ≠Nisa pounding something, possibly tsi, sitting with //Ao in front of their skerm
Gautscha
"Old /Gaishay" (father of "Gao Medicine") sitting in front of his skerm
2001.29.14771 "Old /Gaishay" (father of "Gao Medicine") sitting in front of his skerm
Gautscha
"//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29929 "//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: Gau hammering something with a stone, sitting with his family in front of a skerm
2001.29.1923 Groups, Extended Family: Gau hammering something with a stone, sitting with his family in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
2001.29.389.1 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
Gautscha
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
2001.29.389.2 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
Gautscha
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
Girls wearing hair ornaments, sitting in front of a skerm
2001.29.14511 Girls wearing hair ornaments, sitting in front of a skerm
Gautscha