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[No folder title]: Close-up of ostrich eggshell bead headband worn by women (print is a cropped image)
[No folder title]: Close-up of ostrich eggshell bead headband worn by women (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31095
Display Title [No folder title]: Close-up of ostrich eggshell bead headband worn by women (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on label adhered to board (verso): "Marshall / [crossed out: 49] / Chap. 9 / 50"
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: 13.97 × 20.32 cm (5 1/2 × 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
[No folder title]: Portrait of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) showing her ornaments and strings of ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31186 [No folder title]: Portrait of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) showing her ornaments and strings of ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Close-up of ostrich eggshell beads worn by a visiting girl (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28494 Close-up of ostrich eggshell beads worn by a visiting girl (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30788 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Close-up of ostrich eggshell bead headband worn by women
2001.29.22471 Close-up of ostrich eggshell bead headband worn by women
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30787 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Profile portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of European beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28487 Profile portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of European beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Woman gathering her filled ostrich egg shells (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31164 [No folder title]: Woman gathering her filled ostrich egg shells (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Close-up profile of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of European beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28486 Close-up profile of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of European beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Waterhole / Gwia": Woman filling an ostrich eggshell with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30535 "Waterhole / Gwia": Woman filling an ostrich eggshell with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Girl wearing beads, several can openers, and an ostrich eggshell headband worn around her neck (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28728 Girl wearing beads, several can openers, and an ostrich eggshell headband worn around her neck (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: /Gaishay and an unidentified, young woman helping Debe drink from an ostrich eggshell while Bau watches; other unidentified women and children sitting in the werft (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31144 [No folder title]: /Gaishay and an unidentified, young woman helping Debe drink from an ostrich eggshell while Bau watches; other unidentified women and children sitting in the werft (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of Western beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28485 Portrait of N≠isa wearing ostrich eggshell beads around her neck, headband of Western beads on her head, and a long band made of a tsi nut and beads hanging on the right side of her face (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy