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Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
Object Number 2001.29.28488
Display Title Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Handwritten in pencil on paperboard (verso): L.K. Marshall / A !Kung woman's upper arm ornaments. / A note on the leather thongs with the tabs / would be quite long. Ask me, if it is wanted.
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.1613 × 14.1288 cm (7 15/16 × 5 9/16 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
Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
2001.29.22472 Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets, showing thongs with tabs and two European bracelets (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28489 Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets, showing thongs with tabs and two European bracelets (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets, showing thongs with tabs and two European bracelets
2001.29.22474 Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets, showing thongs with tabs and two European bracelets
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ornament: Person wearing upper arm bracelets that a man makes for his wife in their first period of marriage made from leather cut from the foreheads of his kills, close-up
2001.29.2041 Ornament: Person wearing upper arm bracelets that a man makes for his wife in their first period of marriage made from leather cut from the foreheads of his kills, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ornaments": Lower arm bracelets worn by Ju/'hoan women, including a number of wound grass bracelets and many made of vegetable fiber cord (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30781 "Ornaments": Lower arm bracelets worn by Ju/'hoan women, including a number of wound grass bracelets and many made of vegetable fiber cord (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ornaments": Lower arm bracelets worn by Ju/'hoan women, including a number of wound grass bracelets and many made of vegetable fiber cord (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30781.1 "Ornaments": Lower arm bracelets worn by Ju/'hoan women, including a number of wound grass bracelets and many made of vegetable fiber cord (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Lower arm bracelets worn by Ju/'hoan women, including a number of wound grass bracelets and many made of vegetable fiber cord
2001.29.22473 Lower arm bracelets worn by Ju/'hoan women, including a number of wound grass bracelets and many made of vegetable fiber cord
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai with her arms crossed, showing necklace, fiber strands on upper arm, and wrist bracelets made of thong, grass, and wire (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28484 N!ai with her arms crossed, showing necklace, fiber strands on upper arm, and wrist bracelets made of thong, grass, and wire (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
N!ai with her arms crossed, showing necklace, fiber strands on upper arm, and wrist bracelets made of thong, grass, and wire
2001.29.22465 N!ai with her arms crossed, showing necklace, fiber strands on upper arm, and wrist bracelets made of thong, grass, and wire
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing thong bracelets on her upper arm, close-up
2001.29.27296 Woman wearing thong bracelets on her upper arm, close-up
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Woman wearing thong bracelets on her upper arm, close-up
2001.29.20919 Woman wearing thong bracelets on her upper arm, close-up
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Set of raw-hide bracelets, all worn on one arm. sometimes made of horn
22-2-50/B3590 Set of raw-hide bracelets, all worn on one arm. sometimes made of horn
Bracelet
Raw Material
Cameroon