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"Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him
"Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him
Object Number 2001.29.14450
Display Title "Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him
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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"Spring hare prodder": "Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30308 "Spring hare prodder": "Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Spring hare prodder": "Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30308.1 "Spring hare prodder": "Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30136 [No folder title]: "Old Gau" holding a spring-hare hook, with a boy standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Spring Hare: "Old Gau" wearing white beads, standing and holding a springhare prodder
2001.29.2181 Spring Hare: "Old Gau" wearing white beads, standing and holding a springhare prodder
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man standing, carrying hunting equipment, view from behind, with two men sitting behind him, man wearing Western clothing adjusting a spring hare pole in the background
2001.29.15923 Man standing, carrying hunting equipment, view from behind, with two men sitting behind him, man wearing Western clothing adjusting a spring hare pole in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Music: //Ao holding his daughter and a one-stringed "violin," with "Old Gau" standing next to him
2001.29.2947 Children, Music: //Ao holding his daughter and a one-stringed "violin," with "Old Gau" standing next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man standing, carrying hunting equipment, holding a spring hare pole, with a man sitting behind him
2001.29.15926 Man standing, carrying hunting equipment, holding a spring hare pole, with a man sitting behind him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28860 Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother)
2001.29.22998 Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man holding a spring-hare prodder, view from behind
2001.29.14922 Man holding a spring-hare prodder, view from behind
Cho/ana
Man holding a spring-hare prodder, view from behind
2001.29.14921 Man holding a spring-hare prodder, view from behind
Cho/ana
Man sitting, with a spring hare pole on the ground in front of him
2001.29.15925 Man sitting, with a spring hare pole on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy