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Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children are watching and running, distant view (print is a cropped image)
Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children are watching and running, distant view (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.28849
Display Title Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children are watching and running, distant view (print is a cropped image)
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 Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 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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Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children are watching and running, distant view
2001.29.22983 Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children are watching and running, distant view
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31345 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31343 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl catches the melon while other children watch in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31346 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl catches the melon while other children watch in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); !Ungka's cousin catches the ball from an unidentified, visiting girl while other children watch in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31347 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); !Ungka's cousin catches the ball from an unidentified, visiting girl while other children watch in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31344 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified visiting girl catches the melon; other children in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28848 Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified visiting girl catches the melon; other children in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31342 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28847 Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28846 Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Group of youths; a boy is holding aloft the melon with which girls were playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31348 "Women's Ball Game": Group of youths; a boy is holding aloft the melon with which girls were playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31341 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy