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!Naishi carving a //guashi, with Robert Gardner filming him
!Naishi carving a //guashi, with Robert Gardner filming him
Object Number 2001.29.327
Display Title !Naishi carving a //guashi, with Robert Gardner filming him
Descriptions
Object Description EXP. VI - B/W 120
Subject
  • Camera
  • Man
  • Landscape
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 x 5.72 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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!Naishi and //Ao making a //guashi, with //Ao carving a hollowed log, !Naishi carving the sounding board
2001.29.17334 !Naishi and //Ao making a //guashi, with //Ao carving a hollowed log, !Naishi carving the sounding board
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi sitting, making a //guashi, with Robert Gardner photographing them
2001.29.17286 //Ao and !Naishi sitting, making a //guashi, with Robert Gardner photographing them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Robert Gardner filming
2001.29.325 Robert Gardner filming
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao moving a log, making a //guashi, with !Naishi standing next to him, watching
2001.29.17285 //Ao moving a log, making a //guashi, with !Naishi standing next to him, watching
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Robert Gardner kneeling next to his camera and tripod, preparing to film
2001.29.328 Robert Gardner kneeling next to his camera and tripod, preparing to film
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao making a //guashi, shaving it with his knife, with !Naishi building a fire behind him, N!ai sitting near them
2001.29.17332 //Ao making a //guashi, shaving it with his knife, with !Naishi building a fire behind him, N!ai sitting near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, being filmed by an expedition member, with "Short /Qui" standing near them
2001.29.17298 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, being filmed by an expedition member, with "Short /Qui" standing near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with Nicholas England and another man examining the log
2001.29.17299 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with Nicholas England and another man examining the log
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi playing a //guashi that he and //Ao have built, with //Ao sitting next to him
2001.29.17344 !Naishi playing a //guashi that he and //Ao have built, with //Ao sitting next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with !Naishi holding an axe, man sitting in a tree in the background
2001.29.17293 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with !Naishi holding an axe, man sitting in a tree in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao carving wood, with a nearly completed //guashi on the ground between !Naishi's legs
2001.29.17341 //Ao carving wood, with a nearly completed //guashi on the ground between !Naishi's legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with //Ao chopping a log with his axe and !Naishi peeling the bark off another log with his adze
2001.29.17292 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with //Ao chopping a log with his axe and !Naishi peeling the bark off another log with his adze
Nyae Nyae Conservancy