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Ashes of the "pottery tree"
Image Not Available for Ashes of the "pottery tree"
Object Number 67-1-30/21
Display Title Ashes of the "pottery tree"
Descriptions
Object Description Ashes of the "pottery tree"
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Carib
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Suriname
South America / Dutch Guiana
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jeffries Wyman (before 1867)
Donor Dr. Jeffries Wyman (1867)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Ashes of the pottery tree
67-1-30/39299 Ashes of the pottery tree
Charcoal
Guyana
Groups: People sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire; showing ant hill, N!ai and /Gunda's wedding skerm, and a tree in a dance circle in the background
2001.29.1859 Groups: People sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire; showing ant hill, N!ai and /Gunda's wedding skerm, and a tree in a dance circle in the background
Gautscha
Ashes of fire and things hung from a tree
2001.29.5013 Ashes of fire and things hung from a tree
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
2001.29.3039 Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire, distant view
2001.29.14589 "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire, distant view
Gautscha
"Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire, with Gao of Band 2 approaching them
2001.29.14590 "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire, with Gao of Band 2 approaching them
Gautscha
"Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire
2001.29.14586 "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire
Gautscha
"Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire
2001.29.26018 "Old ≠Toma" of Band 2, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa, brother of "Old Gau") of Band 4, "Old /Gaishay" of Band 3 and "/Qui Navel" of Band 1 sitting with "Old Gau" around the ashes of his fire
Gautscha
Skerm: Bushes, ashes, and trees with possessions hanging from them
2001.29.6037 Skerm: Bushes, ashes, and trees with possessions hanging from them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Skerm: Man, a woman, a child sitting under trees, with ashes and branches on the ground
2001.29.6035 Skerm: Man, a woman, a child sitting under trees, with ashes and branches on the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Skerm: Man and a woman sitting by ashes and trees with possessions hanging from them
2001.29.6036 Skerm: Man and a woman sitting by ashes and trees with possessions hanging from them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Skerm: Man and woman sitting by ashes and trees with possessions hanging from them
2001.29.6034 Skerm: Man and woman sitting by ashes and trees with possessions hanging from them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy