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Group of people dancing, including a woman dancing with her baby (right) and //Ao (center)
Group of people dancing, including a woman dancing with her baby (right) and //Ao (center)
Object Number 2001.29.14285
Display Title Group of people dancing, including a woman dancing with her baby (right) and //Ao (center)
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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"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Group of people dancing, including a woman dancing with her baby (right) and //Ao (center) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30502 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Group of people dancing, including a woman dancing with her baby (right) and //Ao (center) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Woman with her baby dancing among men
2001.29.25807 Woman with her baby dancing among men
Gautscha
Two women holding babies, dancing among a group of men
2001.29.14284 Two women holding babies, dancing among a group of men
Gautscha
Group of men performing a curing dance, including /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
2001.29.14280 Group of men performing a curing dance, including /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
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
Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around seated women, with one woman dancing with a baby in her kaross
2001.29.5744 Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around seated women, with one woman dancing with a baby in her kaross
Gautscha
Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around a circle of women, with a woman dancing holding a baby in her kaross
2001.29.5750 Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around a circle of women, with a woman dancing holding a baby in her kaross
Gautscha
Group of men performing a curing dance, including /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
2001.29.25802.1 Group of men performing a curing dance, including /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
Gautscha
Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1576 Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (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
Group of men dancing, with a child dancing beside her father
2001.29.14265 Group of men dancing, with a child dancing beside her father
Gautscha
Woman dancing, with a group of people dancing behind her
2001.29.14283 Woman dancing, with a group of people dancing behind her
Gautscha
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": "Old /Gam" dancing and a medicine man (right) holding the arms of another who is in trance and leading him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30501 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": "Old /Gam" dancing and a medicine man (right) holding the arms of another who is in trance and leading him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha