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"/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm
"/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm
Object Number 2001.29.380
Display Title "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 20.32 cm (5 x 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 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29951 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm
2001.29.14083 "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm
Gautscha
Image Not Available for "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.380.1 "/Gao Music" sitting by a fire in front of a skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15858 "/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15857 "/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Groups, Men: Men sitting in front of a skerm, including !Naishi of Band 5 wearing a hat, "Old Demi" of Band 6 (left) and "/Gao Music" pounding something with a metal tool on a stone
2001.29.1887 Groups, Men: Men sitting in front of a skerm, including !Naishi of Band 5 wearing a hat, "Old Demi" of Band 6 (left) and "/Gao Music" pounding something with a metal tool on a stone
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Groups: Men sitting in front of a skerm, including !Naishi of Band 5 wearing a hat, "Old Demi" of Band 6 (left) and "/Gao Music" pounding something with a metal tool on a stone
2001.29.1851 Groups: Men sitting in front of a skerm, including !Naishi of Band 5 wearing a hat, "Old Demi" of Band 6 (left) and "/Gao Music" pounding something with a metal tool on a stone
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of children sitting in front of a skerm, including /Qui (son of "/Gao Music") and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U)
2001.29.14892 Group of children sitting in front of a skerm, including /Qui (son of "/Gao Music") and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for "Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31384 "Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Groups, "Nuclear Family": "/Gao Music," his wife, ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine), and /Qui ("/Gao Music's" son with his first wife, "Gao Medicine's" sister) standing in front of a skerm
2001.29.1963 Groups, "Nuclear Family": "/Gao Music," his wife, ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine), and /Qui ("/Gao Music's" son with his first wife, "Gao Medicine's" sister) standing in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Toys: ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka, wife of "/Gao Music") making a "cat's cradle," sitting in front of a skerm with ≠Gisa
2001.29.1453 Children, Toys: ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka, wife of "/Gao Music") making a "cat's cradle," sitting in front of a skerm with ≠Gisa
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "/Gao Music" working on arrow points and sitting with ≠Nisa in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31928 "/Gao Music" working on arrow points and sitting with ≠Nisa in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha