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Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle discs, with Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and other people watching
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle discs, with Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and other people watching
Object Number 2001.29.779
Display Title Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle discs, with Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and other people watching
Descriptions
Object Description Ju/’hoan use of oracle discs for secular divination, including Lorna Marshall, 1953, probably by Anneliese Scherz.
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Stereoview
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Gautscha
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Gautscha
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.3103 Oracle Discs: "Gao Hunchback" throwing oracle discs, sitting with a group of men, including "Old !Naishi," "Old Gau," and "Old /Gaishay"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
2001.29.5944 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
Gautscha
"Oracle disk": Man throwing oracle disks, and a group of men sitting and watching him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30774.1 "Oracle disk": Man throwing oracle disks, and a group of men sitting and watching him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with other people watching him
2001.29.5942 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with other people watching him
Gautscha
Expedition, Ethnographic work: Group of people throwing oracle disks, with Laurence Marshall and Kernel Ledimo taking notes
2001.29.795 Expedition, Ethnographic work: Group of people throwing oracle disks, with Laurence Marshall and Kernel Ledimo taking notes
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
2001.29.5945 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
Gautscha
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with a group of people watching him
2001.29.5941 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with a group of people watching him
Gautscha
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
2001.29.5946 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
Gautscha