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/Qui, brother of "Gao Helmet," sitting in front of a skerm, with his assegai, bow and quiver hanging on the skerm
/Qui, brother of "Gao Helmet," sitting in front of a skerm, with his assegai, bow and quiver hanging on the skerm
Object Number 2001.29.15041
Display Title /Qui, brother of "Gao Helmet," sitting in front of a skerm, with his assegai, bow and quiver hanging on the skerm
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition VI b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Negative, 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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"/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15858 "/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15857 "/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
2001.29.25103 Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Skerm: "Gao Helmet's" dwelling place with no skerm, shows a grass bed, ostrich egg shells, quiver and other belongings hanging in a tree
2001.29.2126 Skerm: "Gao Helmet's" dwelling place with no skerm, shows a grass bed, ostrich egg shells, quiver and other belongings hanging in a tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
2001.29.16063 Man wearing a shirt, leaning over to reach his hand into a pot cooking on a fire, with a boy sitting near him, skerms in the background, meat hanging in a net bag from a nearby tree
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of women and girls sitting in front of a skerm, with an assegai leaning against the skerm and a quiver hanging on it
2001.29.3064 Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of women and girls sitting in front of a skerm, with an assegai leaning against the skerm and a quiver hanging on it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of women and girls sitting in front of a skerm, with an assegai leaning against the skerm and a quiver hanging on it
2001.29.3065 Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of women and girls sitting in front of a skerm, with an assegai leaning against the skerm and a quiver hanging on it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
2001.29.389.1 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
2001.29.389.2 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
Gautscha
Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.389 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30884.3 [No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30884 [No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha