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!Kaia and |Am, at their rural village, perform a Ju|’hoan song using djongo rattles, made from monkey oranges filled with seeds.

!Kaia strings three beads at once to construct the pattern of her white carrier bag.

!U’u pierces holes into ostrich eggshell pieces while looking after her two daughters.

 

Tci!xo pierces holes into ostrich eggshell pieces.

Xoan||an, after stringing eggshell beads onto string she has made from maize bags, files them down until they are smooth and round.

 

Elizabeth pierces holes into broken eggshell pieces she has shaped into circles, later used to construct a large lampshade.

|Kuni weaves blue and white Czech beads, sourced internationally, into her striped envelope bag. She first completes the panel, before weaving the sides closed and attaching yellow circle embellishments woven by ≠Aisa.

 

Tci!xo weaves one of her ostrich eggshell diamonds, which later is woven together with contributions from Di||xao and Tcoqa to make up the large diamond wall-hanging.

N|akxa performs the finishing touches on her Champion Toffee inspired glass-beaded carrier bag.

 

Tcoqa and |Kuni work on their ostrich eggshell and glass bead pieces, adorned with their finest beaded head pieces.

|Asa, using a basic brick stitch, chooses beads similar to one another to construct her large green envelope bag.

 

Photography and films by Megan Laws