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"/Gao Music" holding arrows, sitting next to his skerm
"/Gao Music" holding arrows, sitting next to his skerm
Object Number 2001.29.15360
Display Title "/Gao Music" holding arrows, sitting next to his 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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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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
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2001.29.16211 "/Qui Umbilicus" holding a toothpick, sitting outside his skerm next to four boys eating out of a dish next to an iron pot, with a woman sitting inside the skerm behind them
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2001.29.15918 "/Gao Music" shaping an arrow point, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm, making arrows, with a man standing behind them, dog sitting next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Qui, brother of "Gao Helmet," sitting in front of a skerm, with his assegai, bow and quiver hanging on the skerm
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"/Qui Umbilicus" using a toothpick, sitting outside his skerm next to four boys eating out of a dish next to an iron pot, with a woman sitting inside the skerm behind them
2001.29.16212 "/Qui Umbilicus" using a toothpick, sitting outside his skerm next to four boys eating out of a dish next to an iron pot, with a woman sitting inside the skerm behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" wearing an undershirt, sitting, checking arrows for balance
2001.29.15913 "/Gao Music" wearing an undershirt, sitting, checking arrows for balance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
2001.29.16142 "Gao Medicine" sitting on a hide, holding a piece of sinew with his toes, working on it with a wooden knife, with a bow lying on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" wearing an undershirt, sitting, testing an arrow, with a quiver and arrows on the ground next to him
2001.29.15914 "/Gao Music" wearing an undershirt, sitting, testing an arrow, with a quiver and arrows on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy