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Woman dancing with men at night
Woman dancing with men at night
Object Number 2001.29.3379
Display Title Woman dancing with men at night
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Mangetti Forest
Additional Geographic Terms !O
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Men dancing at night, with women sitting around them
2001.29.3380 Men dancing at night, with women sitting around them
Mangetti Forest
"Night dance at Tsumkwe 1957-8, some published in my [Lorna Marshall's] dance paper": Three men standing, one in trance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30493 "Night dance at Tsumkwe 1957-8, some published in my [Lorna Marshall's] dance paper": Three men standing, one in trance (print is a cropped image)
Mangetti Forest
Three men standing, one in a trance, at a night dance
2001.29.534 Three men standing, one in a trance, at a night dance
Mangetti Forest
Two men in the middle of a curing dance
2001.29.3375 Two men in the middle of a curing dance
Mangetti Forest
Dance: Men dancing counter clockwise at a daytime dance, with a woman dancing and a woman standing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1589 Dance: Men dancing counter clockwise at a daytime dance, with a woman dancing and a woman standing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Xoxa wearing a yellow kerchief, dancing with Tama at the end of a night dance and beginning of a social dance
2001.29.8489 /Xoxa wearing a yellow kerchief, dancing with Tama at the end of a night dance and beginning of a social dance
!Go Tsao
Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise at a daytime dance, beginning to cut through the circle of women sitting, with one woman dancing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1575 Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise at a daytime dance, beginning to cut through the circle of women sitting, with one woman dancing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay and ≠Gao Lame dancing in a night dance, with boys dancing in the middle, with men dancing around them
2001.29.14900 /Ti!kay and ≠Gao Lame dancing in a night dance, with boys dancing in the middle, with men dancing around them
Gautscha
Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1576 Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the circle of women at a daytime dance, with a woman carrying a baby dancing between !Naishi and Gau (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1615 Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the circle of women at a daytime dance, with a woman carrying a baby dancing between !Naishi and Gau (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of boys dancing in a night dance, with a group of men dancing in a circle around them
2001.29.14907 Group of boys dancing in a night dance, with a group of men dancing in a circle around them
Gautscha
Medicine man bending over to treat another man
2001.29.3377 Medicine man bending over to treat another man
Mangetti Forest