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Object Number 2001.29.32683
Display Title Person drinking water from a hole in the sand, holding an ostrich eggshell
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on slide: "Unknown"
Department Photographic
Date 1950-1961
Culture
  • San
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Slide, color
Dimensions Overall: 2.5 × 3.5 cm (1 × 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) and another person sitting and drinking from ostrich eggshells, with a child standing next to them
2001.29.3183 Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) and another person sitting and drinking from ostrich eggshells, with a child standing next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
2001.29.2237 Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
2001.29.2236 Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Gunda (!Nai's husband) helping "Little ≠Gao" to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an eggshell
2001.29.17700 /Gunda (!Nai's husband) helping "Little ≠Gao" to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an eggshell
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Gunda (!Nai's husband) helping "Little ≠Gao" to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an eggshell
2001.29.17699 /Gunda (!Nai's husband) helping "Little ≠Gao" to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an eggshell
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"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
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
/Gunda (N!ai's husband) steadies a child while the child drinks from an ostrich eggshell, with a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an eggshell
2001.29.25775 /Gunda (N!ai's husband) steadies a child while the child drinks from an ostrich eggshell, with a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an eggshell
Gautscha
Top: ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka, holding her daughter Sa≠gai who is drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with Tsamgao, husband of /Ti!kay's daughter Bau, sitting beside her; Bottom: "Crooked /Qui" and another man digging for poison beetles
2001.29.25101 Top: ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka, holding her daughter Sa≠gai who is drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with Tsamgao, husband of /Ti!kay's daughter Bau, sitting beside her; Bottom: "Crooked /Qui" and another man digging for poison beetles
Gautscha
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": !U sitting with a group of people, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30789 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": !U sitting with a group of people, drilling holes in ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Eating: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) steadies a child while the child drinks from an ostrich eggshell, and a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an egg shell
2001.29.2805 Children, Eating: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) steadies a child while the child drinks from an ostrich eggshell, and a woman sitting next to them also drinking from an egg shell
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Waterhole / Gwia": /Gunda (N!ai's husband) steadies a child while the child drinks from an ostrich eggshell, and a woman sitting next to them also drinking from a shell (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30530 "Waterhole / Gwia": /Gunda (N!ai's husband) steadies a child while the child drinks from an ostrich eggshell, and a woman sitting next to them also drinking from a shell (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha