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Skerm with an almost complete frame
Skerm with an almost complete frame
Object Number 2001.29.8395
Display Title Skerm with an almost complete frame
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 11/1/1961-11/13/1961
Culture
  • Naro
  • !Xóõ?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / <County> / !Go Tsao
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
!Ani standing at two almost completed skerms
2001.29.8401 !Ani standing at two almost completed skerms
!Go Tsao
!Ani standing at two almost completed skerms
2001.29.8400 !Ani standing at two almost completed skerms
!Go Tsao
!Ani placing branches of a skerm frame in holes in the ground, with her husband (Twi) standing nearby and watching
2001.29.8392 !Ani placing branches of a skerm frame in holes in the ground, with her husband (Twi) standing nearby and watching
!Go Tsao
Women performing the Eland Dance, with some standing in front of a skerm, singing and clapping, and others dancing around the skerm
2001.29.8651 Women performing the Eland Dance, with some standing in front of a skerm, singing and clapping, and others dancing around the skerm
!Go Tsao
Women performing the Eland Dance, with some standing in front of a skerm, singing and clapping, and others dancing around the skerm
2001.29.8650 Women performing the Eland Dance, with some standing in front of a skerm, singing and clapping, and others dancing around the skerm
!Go Tsao
Women performing the Eland Dance, with some standing in front of a skerm, singing and clapping, and others dancing around the skerm
2001.29.8649 Women performing the Eland Dance, with some standing in front of a skerm, singing and clapping, and others dancing around the skerm
!Go Tsao
Group of people sitting in front of Khan//a's skerm, with /Gunda's skerm in the foreground
2001.29.8403 Group of people sitting in front of Khan//a's skerm, with /Gunda's skerm in the foreground
!Go Tsao
/Xoxa, /Gaishay, /'O/hei/, and Tama performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with groups of people and skerms in the background
2001.29.8460 /Xoxa, /Gaishay, /'O/hei/, and Tama performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with groups of people and skerms in the background
!Go Tsao
/Xoxa, /Gaishay, and Tama performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle while /'O/hei/ bends over to cure one of the women, with groups of people and skerms on the right
2001.29.8461 /Xoxa, /Gaishay, and Tama performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle while /'O/hei/ bends over to cure one of the women, with groups of people and skerms on the right
!Go Tsao
/Xoxa, /Gaishay, /'O/hei/, and Tama performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with groups of people and skerms on the right
2001.29.8462 /Xoxa, /Gaishay, /'O/hei/, and Tama performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with groups of people and skerms on the right
!Go Tsao
Men performing a curing dance around a circle of seated women, with people sitting and standing next to a skerm in the background
2001.29.8477 Men performing a curing dance around a circle of seated women, with people sitting and standing next to a skerm in the background
!Go Tsao
/Xoxa, /Gaishay, and /'O/hei/ performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with other people and skerms in the background
2001.29.8476 /Xoxa, /Gaishay, and /'O/hei/ performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with other people and skerms in the background
!Go Tsao