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Ju|’hoan women pierce holes (n||ari) through broken ostrich eggshell (g|o’o) pieces in preparation to be woven into home-ware pieces

!U’u pierces holes into her ostrich eggshell pieces, later to be used to construct covers for a large candlestick

Asa and Tci!xo construct their glass beaded and ostrich eggshell pieces at the local community centre where the workshop was held

Night time in Tsumkwe, the town at the centre of the conservancy, lit up by the fires of residents, the fluorescent lights of bars, and the milky way galaxy.

Xoan||an poses for a photograph at the craft centre where the workshop was held, wearing a beautiful hand-made head-dress and red beaded necklace, along with a dress she made using fabrics sourced from local shop-owners

Ui, one of our project managers, smiles for a photograph during workshop hours

Ju|’hoan men from Tsumkwe Country Lodge use discarded fence material to weld into lampshade frames

!Kaia and |Am pose with their finished glass-beaded carrier bags

Uce and N|akxa pose for a joint photograph wearing their hand-woven traditional head pieces and beaded necklaces

Asa poses for a photograph wearing a hand-woven bag she uses day to day

Ju|’hoan women pierce holes (n||ari) through broken ostrich eggshell (g|o’o) pieces in preparation to be woven (g!ai) into home-ware pieces

Di||xao, who makes a blue carrier bag with white circle embellishments and works collaboratively on the diamond wall-hanging, washes clothes at her rural village away from Tsumkwe

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

Tcoqa connects the diamond wall-hanging pieces together to finish the piece

Uce, who makes a green envelope bag with small Czech beads, laughs while posing for a photograph.

Nyae Nyae Conservancy is a protected area located in north-eastern Namibia, and the traditional hunting and gathering grounds of the Ju|’hoansi

The road to Brandberg, the tallest mountain in Namibia

A young Ju|’hoan man prepares his mosquito net under a tree where he sleeps for the night

N!ukxa sits under a tree with her daughter ||’Asa as the sun sets in Tsumkwe

!U’u and Xoan||an pose with their finished candlesticks

Tcoqa (left), her mother-in-law (right), and Di||xao (centre) pose for a photograph with the finished diamond wall-hanging

Photography and films by Megan Laws

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