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Women standing with ostrich feathers in her hair at the Eland Dance
Women standing with ostrich feathers in her hair at the Eland Dance
Object Number 2001.29.7966
Display Title Women standing with ostrich feathers in her hair at the Eland Dance
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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Little girl walking with an ostrich feather in her hair, women and children sitting in a patch of shade behind her
2001.29.7899 Little girl walking with an ostrich feather in her hair, women and children sitting in a patch of shade behind her
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7970 Women, some seated, some standing, in the shade at a pause in the Eland Dance
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7983 !Ungka standing, women around her performing the Eland Dance
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7967 Four women standing not wearing karosses before the Eland Dance, seen from behind
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7982 Women standing in a group, one of the women is crouched beside the little girl who is enacting the menstruating girl for the Eland Dance
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7979 Women performing the Eland Dance around a skerm and Nicholas England recording, seen from behind
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7968 Four women standing not wearing karosses before the Eland Dance, seen from behind
Gwia
Group of women standing, Nicholas England holding a microphone in a blimp preparing to record the Eland Dance
2001.29.7955 Group of women standing, Nicholas England holding a microphone in a blimp preparing to record the Eland Dance
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7985 //Kushay and other women performing the Eland Dance with beads hanging from their karosses (as is custom in the real ceremony and dance), seen from behind
Gwia
Women doing the Eland Dance, seen from behind
2001.29.7962 Women doing the Eland Dance, seen from behind
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7981 Women performing the Eland Dance in a circle around a skerm
Gwia
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 		2001.29.7972 Women performing the Eland Dance around a skerm
Gwia