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Image Not Available for Boy playing with a toy truck made from a box, sitting with "Gao Medicine" and //Ao
Boy playing with a toy truck made from a box, sitting with "Gao Medicine" and //Ao
Image Not Available for Boy playing with a toy truck made from a box, sitting with "Gao Medicine" and //Ao
Object Number 2001.29.319
Display Title Boy playing with a toy truck made from a box, sitting with "Gao Medicine" and //Ao
Descriptions
Subject
  • People
  • Toy
Department Photographic
Date 1961
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Tsumkwe
Materials Slide, color
Dimensions Overall: 2.5 × 3.5 cm (1 × 1 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Story Telling, Game: Group of men and boys playing !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game or the "axe and assegai game") including "/Qui Navel," !Naishi (son of Khwo//o, brother of "/Gao Music"), ≠Toma (Gau's son), "Gao Medicine," /Gunda and //Ao
2001.29.2189 Story Telling, Game: Group of men and boys playing !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game or the "axe and assegai game") including "/Qui Navel," !Naishi (son of Khwo//o, brother of "/Gao Music"), ≠Toma (Gau's son), "Gao Medicine," /Gunda and //Ao
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Story Telling, Game: Group of men and boys playing !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game or the "axe and assegai game") including "/Qui Navel," !Naishi (son of Khwo//o, brother of "/Gao Music"), ≠Toma (Gau's son), "Gao Medicine," /Gunda and //Ao
2001.29.2190 Story Telling, Game: Group of men and boys playing !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game or the "axe and assegai game") including "/Qui Navel," !Naishi (son of Khwo//o, brother of "/Gao Music"), ≠Toma (Gau's son), "Gao Medicine," /Gunda and //Ao
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Unidentified boy to the left, "Little ≠Gao" playing with a handmade toy automobile made from veldkos, and Debe ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) eating something (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28765 Unidentified boy to the left, "Little ≠Gao" playing with a handmade toy automobile made from veldkos, and Debe ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) eating something (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Unidentified boy to the left, "Little ≠Gao" playing with a handmade toy automobile made from veldkos, and Debe ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) eating something
2001.29.22844 Unidentified boy to the left, "Little ≠Gao" playing with a handmade toy automobile made from veldkos, and Debe ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) eating something
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Story: Group of men playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "/Qui Navel," and //Ao, with "Gao Medicine" being "killed"
2001.29.3178 Story: Group of men playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "/Qui Navel," and //Ao, with "Gao Medicine" being "killed"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Music: //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing, including "/Gao Music," !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o) and a boy from /Ti!kay's group
2001.29.2023 Music: //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing, including "/Gao Music," !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o) and a boy from /Ti!kay's group
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children at camp with homemade toy truck
2001.29.7718 Children at camp with homemade toy truck
Tsumkwe
Image Not Available for Children, Toys: /Qui (son of "/Gao Music" and ≠Nisa, sister of "Gao Medicine") (right) and ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be) sitting on a log, probably scraping bark off of sticks for the stick game
2001.29.1477 Children, Toys: /Qui (son of "/Gao Music" and ≠Nisa, sister of "Gao Medicine") (right) and ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be) sitting on a log, probably scraping bark off of sticks for the stick game
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Story: Group of men playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "/Qui Navel," and //Ao
2001.29.3176 Story: Group of men playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "/Qui Navel," and //Ao
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Groups, play: Group of boys playing on an anthill, including "≠Gao Lame" holding /Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine" and Di!ai)
2001.29.1400 Children, Groups, play: Group of boys playing on an anthill, including "≠Gao Lame" holding /Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine" and Di!ai)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Dance: Men dancing clockwise around a closed circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, the sister of "Gao Medicine")
2001.29.1583 Dance: Men dancing clockwise around a closed circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, the sister of "Gao Medicine")
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Toys: ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka, wife of "/Gao Music") making the beginning figure of a "cat's cradle," sitting in front of a skerm with ≠Gisa
2001.29.1455 Children, Toys: ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka, wife of "/Gao Music") making the beginning figure of a "cat's cradle," sitting in front of a skerm with ≠Gisa
Nyae Nyae Conservancy