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"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a child on her back in a beaded carrying bag (print is a cropped image)
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a child on her back in a beaded carrying bag (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31672
Display Title "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a child on her back in a beaded carrying bag (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Merl La Voy
Culture
  • Ovambo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Ovamboland
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 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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"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a child on her back in a beaded carrying bag (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31671 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a child on her back in a beaded carrying bag (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a child on her back in a beaded carrying bag (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31670 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a child on her back in a beaded carrying bag (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a basket on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31633 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a basket on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a basket on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31632 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman carrying a basket on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31630 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31631 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Women carrying baskets on their heads and babies on their backs (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman working and leaning over, with storage basket behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31623 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman working and leaning over, with storage basket behind her (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Group of men sitting and standing under a tree and by a fence (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31626 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Group of men sitting and standing under a tree and by a fence (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Group of men sitting and standing under a tree and by a fence (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31625 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Group of men sitting and standing under a tree and by a fence (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Government officials collecting grain tax from Ovambo people (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31627 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Government officials collecting grain tax from Ovambo people (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman working and leaning over, and another woman standing at the top of a storage basket (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31622 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": Woman working and leaning over, and another woman standing at the top of a storage basket (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland
"1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": People working next to storage baskets, one possibly mending a net (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31621 "1950 '400 Series' / 87 B/W prints (some duplicates) / Ovamboland": People working next to storage baskets, one possibly mending a net (print is a cropped image)
Ovamboland