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"/Gao Music" playing a //guashi, with a group of men sitting in the background, listening
"/Gao Music" playing a //guashi, with a group of men sitting in the background, listening
Object Number 2001.29.15154
Display Title "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi, with a group of men sitting in the background, listening
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" playing a //guashi and singing, with another man and Nicholas England sitting next to him, listening
2001.29.17381 "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi and singing, with another man and Nicholas England sitting next to him, listening
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" playing a //guashi and singing, with another man and Nicholas England sitting next to him, listening
2001.29.17382 "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi and singing, with another man and Nicholas England sitting next to him, listening
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, with Nicholas England recording him, another man talking in the background
2001.29.17373 "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, with Nicholas England recording him, another man talking in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, with Nicholas England recording him, another man talking in the background
2001.29.17372 "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, with Nicholas England recording him, another man talking in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
2001.29.17387 Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
2001.29.2029 Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
2001.29.2028 Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
2001.29.2031 Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
2001.29.2030 Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi for a sound recording, sitting with other people singing and lying down listening, including //Ao (husband of Khuan//a, daughter of "Old /Gaishay") and !Naishi ("/Gao Music's" brother, son of Khwo//o)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi, sitting with a group of men including //Ao, !Naishi (his brother), Tsamgao and "Old Demi" lying down
2001.29.3093 Music: "/Gao Music" playing a //guashi, sitting with a group of men including //Ao, !Naishi (his brother), Tsamgao and "Old Demi" lying down
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Five men sitting near a fire, one pounding with a mortar and pestle, two sharpening arrows, one playing a //guashi
2001.29.17384 Five men sitting near a fire, one pounding with a mortar and pestle, two sharpening arrows, one playing a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma (son of Gau) playing the //guashi, with "≠Gao Lame," an unidentified boy and Tsamgao listening to him
2001.29.14118 ≠Toma (son of Gau) playing the //guashi, with "≠Gao Lame," an unidentified boy and Tsamgao listening to him
Gautscha