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Men preparing to start dancing in a curing dance, including (right to left) "/Qui Navel", ≠Gao of Band 3, Ngani, and //Ao
Men preparing to start dancing in a curing dance, including (right to left) "/Qui Navel", ≠Gao of Band 3, Ngani, and //Ao
Object Number 2001.29.14978
Display Title Men preparing to start dancing in a curing dance, including (right to left) "/Qui Navel", ≠Gao of Band 3, Ngani, and //Ao
Descriptions
Object Description 1952-53 Graflex photographs
Department Photographic
Date 3/1/1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Kavango East / Kaudom National Park / Cho/ana
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 13.335 × 10.16 cm (5 1/4 × 4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Men preparing to start dancing, from right to left in background: "/Qui Navel", ≠Gao of Band 3, Ngani, and //Ao
2001.29.26289.1 Men preparing to start dancing, from right to left in background: "/Qui Navel", ≠Gao of Band 3, Ngani, and //Ao
Cho/ana
Men preparing to start dancing, from right to left in background: "/Qui Navel", ≠Gao of Band 3, Ngani, and //Ao
2001.29.26289 Men preparing to start dancing, from right to left in background: "/Qui Navel", ≠Gao of Band 3, Ngani, and //Ao
Cho/ana
Curing dance for a sick baby at Moremi’s farm; men dancing behind the women, right to left: "/Qui Navel", /Ti!kay wearing Western clothing, //Ao, and Tsamgao (/Ti!kay's son-in-law)
2001.29.821 Curing dance for a sick baby at Moremi’s farm; men dancing behind the women, right to left: "/Qui Navel", /Ti!kay wearing Western clothing, //Ao, and Tsamgao (/Ti!kay's son-in-law)
Cho/ana
Ngani sitting on the ground, in trance, and "/Qui Navel" standing behind him in partial trance
2001.29.14992 Ngani sitting on the ground, in trance, and "/Qui Navel" standing behind him in partial trance
Cho/ana
Curing dance for a sick baby at Moremi’s farm; men dancing behind the women, right to left: "/Qui Navel", /Ti!kay wearing western clothing, //Ao, and Tsamgao (/Ti!kay's son-in-law) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26294.1 Curing dance for a sick baby at Moremi’s farm; men dancing behind the women, right to left: "/Qui Navel", /Ti!kay wearing western clothing, //Ao, and Tsamgao (/Ti!kay's son-in-law) (print is a cropped image)
Cho/ana
Men dancing in a circle behind the women in a curing dance; shows Ngani, wearing shorts, beginning to go into trance
2001.29.14989 Men dancing in a circle behind the women in a curing dance; shows Ngani, wearing shorts, beginning to go into trance
Cho/ana
Curing dance for a sick baby at Moremi’s farm; men dancing behind the women, right to left: "/Qui Navel", /Ti!kay wearing western clothing, //Ao, and Tsamgao (/Ti!kay's son-in-law) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26294 Curing dance for a sick baby at Moremi’s farm; men dancing behind the women, right to left: "/Qui Navel", /Ti!kay wearing western clothing, //Ao, and Tsamgao (/Ti!kay's son-in-law) (print is a cropped image)
Cho/ana
"/Qui Navel" singing medicine songs while holding his son, "Little ≠Gao," on his shoulders and ≠Toma standing to the right wearing a hat
2001.29.14987 "/Qui Navel" singing medicine songs while holding his son, "Little ≠Gao," on his shoulders and ≠Toma standing to the right wearing a hat
Cho/ana
//Kushay (wife of "/Qui Navel") and another woman (probably daughter of Debe, headman of Band 24) singing and clapping for a curing dance, close-up
2001.29.14982 //Kushay (wife of "/Qui Navel") and another woman (probably daughter of Debe, headman of Band 24) singing and clapping for a curing dance, close-up
Cho/ana
"/Qui Navel" in trance, curing Norna, held by ≠Toma, her father
2001.29.14986 "/Qui Navel" in trance, curing Norna, held by ≠Toma, her father
Cho/ana
"/Qui Navel" in trance, curing Norna, held by ≠Toma, her father
2001.29.14985 "/Qui Navel" in trance, curing Norna, held by ≠Toma, her father
Cho/ana
Ngani, close-up, and an unidentified man in the background, at a curing dance
2001.29.14988 Ngani, close-up, and an unidentified man in the background, at a curing dance
Cho/ana