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Medicine man wearing a beaded headdress, profile
Medicine man wearing a beaded headdress, profile
Object Number 2001.29.7062
Display Title Medicine man wearing a beaded headdress, profile
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 8/1/1959-8/2/1959
Culture
  • Khwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Kavango East / <County> / Popo Fall Game Park / Popo Falls Camp
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Popo Falls Camp
Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
2001.29.24079 Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
Popo Falls Camp
Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
2001.29.24078 Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
Popo Falls Camp
Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
2001.29.24077 Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
Popo Falls Camp
Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
2001.29.24076 Medicine man wearing a bead headdress, profile (copy of slide 2001.29.7062)
Popo Falls Camp
Di!ai in profile, wearing a beaded band on her head
2001.29.10251 Di!ai in profile, wearing a beaded band on her head
Mangetti Forest
Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
2001.29.3135 Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old /Gam" wearing ornaments, including cowrie shells and a headdress of European beads, profile
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Medicine man dancing, with a group of women sitting and clapping and Nicholas England squatting near them
2001.29.7064 Medicine man dancing, with a group of women sitting and clapping and Nicholas England squatting near them
Popo Falls Camp
Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
2001.29.3134 Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
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), 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, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
2001.29.3063 Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy