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Ornament: Person wearing upper arm bracelets that a man makes for his wife in their first period of marriage made from leather cut from the foreheads of his kills, close-up
Ornament: Person wearing upper arm bracelets that a man makes for his wife in their first period of marriage made from leather cut from the foreheads of his kills, close-up
Object Number 2001.29.2041
Display Title Ornament: Person wearing upper arm bracelets that a man makes for his wife in their first period of marriage made from leather cut from the foreheads of his kills, close-up
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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Ornament
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Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
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Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
2001.29.22472 Person's arm wearing upper arm bracelets worn by Ju/’hoan women
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. ≠Gao is beginning to twirl the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick which he steadies by pressing it down with his digging stick and his foot. (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25677 ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. ≠Gao is beginning to twirl the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick which he steadies by pressing it down with his digging stick and his foot. (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. /Qui notching the fire stick with his knife, and ≠Gao placing his hand on the pile of twigs in order to feed the fire when it starts. (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25678 ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. /Qui notching the fire stick with his knife, and ≠Gao placing his hand on the pile of twigs in order to feed the fire when it starts. (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Small wooden mask. - makes a pair with 50/3042
37-77-50/3043 Small wooden mask. - makes a pair with 50/3042
Mask
Raw Material
Ivory Coast
Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including ≠Toma (his son with Be), his son !Naishi, his first wife Be, Gau, his second wife Khuan//a and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son with a first husband), and ≠Gao (his son with Be)
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Gautscha