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Two women holding babies, dancing among a group of men
Two women holding babies, dancing among a group of men
Object Number 2001.29.14284
Display Title Two women holding babies, dancing among a group of men
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition III b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Two women with babies dancing among a group of men
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Three women, two carrying babies on their backs, dancing in a circle clapping their hands, with a group of women and children watching in the background
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boys dancing in a night dance, one holding a tree branch, near a group of women with babies sitting and clapping
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman with her baby dancing among men
2001.29.25807 Woman with her baby dancing among men
Gautscha
Men dancing in a line in a night dance, with women carrying babies on their backs standing near them
2001.29.17139 Men dancing in a line in a night dance, with women carrying babies on their backs standing near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people dancing, including a woman dancing with her baby (right) and //Ao (center)
2001.29.14285 Group of people dancing, including a woman dancing with her baby (right) and //Ao (center)
Gautscha
Two women with babies on their backs dancing and clapping, playing tamah n!o’an (a ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
2001.29.16305 Two women with babies on their backs dancing and clapping, playing tamah n!o’an (a ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Be and ≠Gisa carrying babies tied in their karosses
2001.29.14261 Be and ≠Gisa carrying babies tied in their karosses
Gautscha
Group of men performing a curing dance around seated women, with two women dancing and one medicine man in the center stamping
2001.29.14278 Group of men performing a curing dance around seated women, with two women dancing and one medicine man in the center stamping
Gautscha
"Women's Ball Game": Two women with babies on their backs dancing and clapping, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31337 "Women's Ball Game": Two women with babies on their backs dancing and clapping, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Men and two boys dancing through a circle of women sitting, view from the top of an expedition truck
2001.29.14291 Men and two boys dancing through a circle of women sitting, view from the top of an expedition truck
Gautscha
Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around a circle of women, with a woman dancing holding a baby in her kaross
2001.29.5749 Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around a circle of women, with a woman dancing holding a baby in her kaross
Gautscha