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Children, Dancing: Children playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, shows clapping with the fingers wide apart
Children, Dancing: Children playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, shows clapping with the fingers wide apart
Object Number 2001.29.1497
Display Title Children, Dancing: Children playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, shows clapping with the fingers wide apart
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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Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
2001.29.1436 Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, with two women watching them
2001.29.1429 Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, with two women watching them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
2001.29.1439 Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
2001.29.1438 Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) sitting with the group of women at a daytime dance, clapping vigorously with her fingers spread apart to produce a loud popping sound
2001.29.1601 Dance: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) sitting with the group of women at a daytime dance, clapping vigorously with her fingers spread apart to produce a loud popping sound
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
2001.29.1437 Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, with a pan filled with water in the distance
2001.29.1440 Children, Groups, play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, with a pan filled with water in the distance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Groups, Play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
2001.29.2865 Children, Groups, Play: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Toys, Playthings: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, with a boy throwing a stick near them
2001.29.2901 Children, Toys, Playthings: Girls playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) on a termite mound, with a boy throwing a stick near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31343 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background
2001.29.22976 Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Groups, play: Children playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) in a dance circle area
2001.29.1444 Children, Groups, play: Children playing Tamah n!o’an (the ball game) in a dance circle area
Nyae Nyae Conservancy