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Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
Object Number 2001.29.8004
Display Title Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing and two boys wearing rattles on their legs
2001.29.8007 Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing and two boys wearing rattles on their legs
Gwia
Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
2001.29.8006 Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
Gwia
Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
2001.29.8003 Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
Gwia
Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
2001.29.8002 Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
Gwia
Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
2001.29.8005 Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing
Gwia
Women beginning to clap for a curing dance, children dancing
2001.29.32681 Women beginning to clap for a curing dance, children dancing
Gwia
"Boys and girls playing together": Women beginning to clap for a curing dance, children dancing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31291 "Boys and girls playing together": Women beginning to clap for a curing dance, children dancing (print is a cropped image)
Gwia
Children playing at a curing dance, girls clapping and singing and the boys dancing like the men
2001.29.7998 Children playing at a curing dance, girls clapping and singing and the boys dancing like the men
Gwia
Dance: Man performing a ritual curing at a daytime dance, with //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) dancing a few steps beside him and another man standing nearby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1606 Dance: Man performing a ritual curing at a daytime dance, with //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) dancing a few steps beside him and another man standing nearby (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 a circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, with a man performing a ritual curing
2001.29.1605 Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around a circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, with a man performing a ritual curing
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing counter-clockwise around a circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, close-up, with a man leaning over as though to perform a ritual curing
2001.29.1604 Dance: Line of men dancing counter-clockwise around a circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, close-up, with a man leaning over as though to perform a ritual curing
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
People gathering for a curing dance, ǂToma circling the women, and //Oshay dancing
2001.29.8010 People gathering for a curing dance, ǂToma circling the women, and //Oshay dancing
Gwia