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"Old Demi" and two young men throwing the oracle disks
"Old Demi" and two young men throwing the oracle disks
Object Number 2001.29.7699
Display Title "Old Demi" and two young men throwing the oracle disks
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1961
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Tsumkwe
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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"Oracle disk": Man throwing oracle disks, and a group of men sitting and watching him (print is a cropped image)
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Gautscha
"Oracle disk": Man throwing oracle disks, and a group of men sitting and watching him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30774.1 "Oracle disk": Man throwing oracle disks, and a group of men sitting and watching him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
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2001.29.5942 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with other people watching him
Gautscha
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
2001.29.5945 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
Gautscha
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
2001.29.5944 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
Gautscha
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with a group of people watching him
2001.29.5941 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with a group of people watching him
Gautscha
Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
2001.29.5946 Oracle Disk: Man throwing oracle disks, with Lorna Marshall taking notes and a group of people watching them
Gautscha
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Oracle disk": Group of people throwing and reading oracle disks, including "Gao Hunchback" and ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30771.1 "Oracle disk": Group of people throwing and reading oracle disks, including "Gao Hunchback" and ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
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2001.29.795 Expedition, Ethnographic work: Group of people throwing oracle disks, with Laurence Marshall and Kernel Ledimo taking notes
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" throwing oracle disks, his son /Gaishay watching and other unidentified people
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Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" throwing oracle disks, his son /Gaishay watching and other unidentified people
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Nama Pan