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"/Gao Music" wearing an undershirt, sitting, checking arrows for balance
"/Gao Music" wearing an undershirt, sitting, checking arrows for balance
Object Number 2001.29.15913
Display Title "/Gao Music" wearing an undershirt, sitting, checking arrows for balance
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" 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
Man squatting, checking his arrows for balance, view from behind, with arrows and a quiver on a log near him
2001.29.16540 Man squatting, checking his arrows for balance, view from behind, with arrows and a quiver on a log near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, checking his arrows for balance, view from behind, with arrows and a quiver on a log near him
2001.29.16541 Man squatting, checking his arrows for balance, view from behind, with arrows and a quiver on a log near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing a white undershirt, sitting with his elbows resting on his knees, his hands resting on a stick
2001.29.15126 Man wearing a white undershirt, sitting with his elbows resting on his knees, his hands resting on a stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man holding arrows in his hand, checking them for sharpness, sitting with two other men and a puppy
2001.29.15911 Man holding arrows in his hand, checking them for sharpness, sitting with two other men and a puppy
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" holding arrows, sitting next to his skerm
2001.29.15360 "/Gao Music" holding arrows, sitting next to his skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/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
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
"/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
Arrows: "/Gao Music" applying poison to arrows, sitting with a group of people, including !Naishi wearing a hat and "Old Demi"
2001.29.2788 Arrows: "/Gao Music" applying poison to arrows, sitting with a group of people, including !Naishi wearing a hat and "Old Demi"
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
"Gao Medicine" sitting, smoking a cigarette and holding an arrow, with arrows drying on a log near him
2001.29.17018 "Gao Medicine" sitting, smoking a cigarette and holding an arrow, with arrows drying on a log near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha), /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine") and !Naishi (brother of /Goishay and "/Gao Music")
2001.29.14871 "/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha), /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine") and !Naishi (brother of /Goishay and "/Gao Music")
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