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/Twikwe pouring tsama melon seeds from a rind onto her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
/Twikwe pouring tsama melon seeds from a rind onto her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.27066
Display Title /Twikwe pouring tsama melon seeds from a rind onto her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on board (verso): "L.K. Marshall / A /Gikwe woman, (Twikwe), with tsama melon / seeds. The seeds are saved and roasted / in ashes. The ashes are sifted out by / shaking on these grass mats. The roasted / seeds are pounded into a meal and / eaten."
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O 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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/Twikwe pouring tsama melon seeds from a rind onto her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27065 /Twikwe pouring tsama melon seeds from a rind onto her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
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/Twikwe pouring tsama melon seeds from a rind onto her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her
2001.29.20590 /Twikwe pouring tsama melon seeds from a rind onto her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe with tsama melon seeds on her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her
2001.29.20591 /Twikwe with tsama melon seeds on her sieve, DaSi!Na sitting beside her
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
2001.29.27329 /Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue sifting roasted tsama melon seeds from ashes, !Gai sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26885 Tsekue sifting roasted tsama melon seeds from ashes, !Gai sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
Tsekue sifting roasted tsama melon seeds from ashes, !Gai sitting beside her
2001.29.20354 Tsekue sifting roasted tsama melon seeds from ashes, !Gai sitting beside her
/Gau /U Pan
Sieve made by //Ku≠tera, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27183 Sieve made by //Ku≠tera, with a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Sieve made by //Ku≠tera, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20777 Sieve made by //Ku≠tera, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
2001.29.592 //Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
/Ai Ha !O Pan
//Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
2001.29.20775 //Ku≠tera sitting with her few possessions, including a sewn leather bag, roasted melon seeds in a dried melon, digging stick, fire paddle, sieve, and a shoulder bag
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
2001.29.27328 /Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
2001.29.20954 /Twikwe putting tsama melon seeds on sieve and in a bowl
/Ai Ha !O Pan