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Digging for roots: Woman holding the stem of an edible root, picking it out from the grass (print is a cropped image)
Digging for roots: Woman holding the stem of an edible root, picking it out from the grass (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30208
Display Title Digging for roots: Woman holding the stem of an edible root, picking it out from the grass (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 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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Woman holding the stem of an edible root, picking it out from the grass
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2001.29.30207 Digging for roots: Woman holding veldkos, and sitting next to the hole she dug it out of (print is a cropped image)
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Digging for roots: /Naoka digging for a root in the grass with her digging stick (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30201 Digging for roots: /Naoka digging for a root in the grass with her digging stick (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: /Naoka digging for a root in the grass with her digging stick (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30198 Digging for roots: /Naoka digging for a root in the grass with her digging stick (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: Woman digging, her digging stick in her left hand, pulling sand out of a hole with her right hand (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30214.1 Digging for roots: Woman digging, her digging stick in her left hand, pulling sand out of a hole with her right hand (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: Woman digging, her digging stick in her left hand, pulling sand out of a hole with her right hand (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30214 Digging for roots: Woman digging, her digging stick in her left hand, pulling sand out of a hole with her right hand (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting near her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30197 Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting near her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting next to her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30204 Digging for roots: !U pulling up a root, with //Kushay sitting next to her and holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Woman digging in the grass for roots, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30206 Digging for roots: Woman digging in the grass for roots, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Woman digging in the grass for roots, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30206.1 Digging for roots: Woman digging in the grass for roots, with her baby tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: N!ai examining a root, and another woman digging next to her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30202.1 Digging for roots: N!ai examining a root, and another woman digging next to her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30205 Digging for roots: Woman sitting next to a hole from which she has dug up a root (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha