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Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Object Number 2001.29.28559
Display Title Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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 SHARE
Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
2001.29.22572 Close-up of woman's chest showing tortoise shell and bead ornaments
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portrait of a visiting girl with her head shaved, showing ostrich eggshell bead necklace (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28492 Portrait of a visiting girl with her head shaved, showing ostrich eggshell bead necklace (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29075 Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10)
2001.29.23297 Close-up of tortoise shell ornaments and apron decorated with hanging ornaments worn by !Ghia (second wife of "Old ≠Gao" from Band 10)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Media Restricted
 		2004.24.9322 Grave excavation, close-up of skull, gold discs and breast ornaments
Sitio Conte
Ornament: Woman from Band 10 or 11 with scarification, wearing ornaments, close-up
2001.29.3107 Ornament: Woman from Band 10 or 11 with scarification, wearing ornaments, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"//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
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
2001.29.25946 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
Gautscha
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
2001.29.14480 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
Gautscha
Clothes: /Gam wearing a large kaross tied up one side across the front
2001.29.1564 Clothes: /Gam wearing a large kaross tied up one side across the front
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Kaross hanging from a woman's neck, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28776 Kaross hanging from a woman's neck, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Kaross hanging from a woman's neck, close-up
2001.29.22859 Kaross hanging from a woman's neck, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy