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/Ao hanging something in his tree
/Ao hanging something in his tree
Object Number 2001.29.7860
Display Title /Ao hanging something in his tree
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1961
Culture
  • !Xóõ
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ngamiland (North West) / Cgae Cgae Tlhabologo Trust / Gwia
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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2001.29.7853 "Old D/ao" and his wife sitting by their fire
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"Old D/ao" and his wife sitting by their fire, close-up
2001.29.7855 "Old D/ao" and his wife sitting by their fire, close-up
Gwia
"Old D/ao" and his wife sitting by their fire
2001.29.7854 "Old D/ao" and his wife sitting by their fire
Gwia
/Ao putting a poison beetle cocoon in his bag
2001.29.7936 /Ao putting a poison beetle cocoon in his bag
Gwia
/Ao standing near his skerm, two boys in front of him
2001.29.7859 /Ao standing near his skerm, two boys in front of him
Gwia
Group of people performing the Eland Dance, including Twi imitating an eland swiping at something with his horns
2001.29.8622 Group of people performing the Eland Dance, including Twi imitating an eland swiping at something with his horns
!Go Tsao
Werft: People sitting and standing, including "Gao Helmet," Bau (his daughter), //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma"), ≠Toma, Gau, Dam and ≠Gisa, with skerms in the background
2001.29.2280 Werft: People sitting and standing, including "Gao Helmet," Bau (his daughter), //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma"), ≠Toma, Gau, Dam and ≠Gisa, with skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
2001.29.1707 Food, Meat: "Old Gau" sitting beside the ashes of his fire, with /Gishay sitting next to him, strips of meat hanging on a tree branch in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" lying on his stomach in front of a skerm, with his belongings hanging on a tree
2001.29.10236 "Gao Medicine" lying on his stomach in front of a skerm, with his belongings hanging on a tree
Mangetti Forest
Groups: Men sitting with "Old Gau" at his dwelling place, including "Old ≠Toma," ≠Gao, "Old /Gaishay," and /Qui (Gau's son-in-law); Gau cracking nuts with a fire paddle and ≠Gao pounding something with a mortar and pestle
2001.29.1880 Groups: Men sitting with "Old Gau" at his dwelling place, including "Old ≠Toma," ≠Gao, "Old /Gaishay," and /Qui (Gau's son-in-law); Gau cracking nuts with a fire paddle and ≠Gao pounding something with a mortar and pestle
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Skerm: Man working on something in front of a skerm, holding his stone anvil with his foot, with a grass bed and an ostrich egg inside the skerm
2001.29.2143 Skerm: Man working on something in front of a skerm, holding his stone anvil with his foot, with a grass bed and an ostrich egg inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portrait of O.P.M. Prozesky with binoculars hanging around his neck
2001.29.8063 Portrait of O.P.M. Prozesky with binoculars hanging around his neck
Ngamiland (North West)