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Arrow: Two people sitting next to a large pile of ashes in front of a skerm (probably "/Gao Music" and a woman)
Arrow: Two people sitting next to a large pile of ashes in front of a skerm (probably "/Gao Music" and a woman)
Object Number 2001.29.1290
Display Title Arrow: Two people sitting next to a large pile of ashes in front of a skerm (probably "/Gao Music" and a woman)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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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
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
[No folder title]: /Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine"), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) dancing around a pile of ashes (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30143 [No folder title]: /Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine"), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) dancing around a pile of ashes (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine"), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) dancing around a pile of ashes
2001.29.14645 /Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine"), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) dancing around a pile of ashes
Gautscha
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14836 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14835 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha
Food Gathering, Tsi: Women lying by the ashes of a fire, with a pile of tsi on the ground near them
2001.29.1834 Food Gathering, Tsi: Women lying by the ashes of a fire, with a pile of tsi on the ground near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Arrow: Man (probably "/Gao Music") putting poison on a bone point
2001.29.1286 Arrow: Man (probably "/Gao Music") putting poison on a bone point
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, 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
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Di!ai (left, leaning forward), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
2001.29.1860 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Di!ai (left, leaning forward), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
2001.29.1861 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
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