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Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Object Number 2001.29.28605
Display Title Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama Pan
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
Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
2001.29.22635 Group of people washing and filling ostrich eggshells
Nama Pan
"Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30786 "Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells ornamented with little scratched designs, with stoppers; a person's hand holding one of the shells (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Women holding their buckets on their heads while others sit and fill ostrich eggshells with water
2001.29.8341 Women holding their buckets on their heads while others sit and fill ostrich eggshells with water
!Go Tsao
"Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his ostrich eggshell with water (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30537 "Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his ostrich eggshell with water (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Woman gathering her filled ostrich eggshells (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28833 Woman gathering her filled ostrich eggshells (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells decorated with scratched designs, with stoppers (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30785 "Ostrich egg shell": Three ostrich eggshells decorated with scratched designs, with stoppers (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
2001.29.28933 Man watching ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
2001.29.28930 ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
2001.29.28931 ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
2001.29.28932 ≠Toma lining a carrying net with a small kaross to pack it with rattles, ostrich eggshells, etc.
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his ostrich eggshell with water (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30536 "Waterhole / Gwia": "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4 filling his ostrich eggshell with water (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
2001.29.17517 N!ai wearing a kaross, squatting at the edge of a pan, pouring water from a tin into an ostrich eggshell, with a bag of ostrich eggshells on her back, a person squatting behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy