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"/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
"/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
Object Number 2001.29.15918
Display Title "/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
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" squatting with another man, holding their hunting equipment, including a small axe, with an assegai stuck into the ground next to them, two women sitting behind them
2001.29.17024 "/Gao Music" squatting with another man, holding their hunting equipment, including a small axe, with an assegai stuck into the ground next to them, two women sitting behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" squatting with another man, holding their hunting equipment, with an assegai stuck into the ground next to them, two women sitting behind them
2001.29.17023 "/Gao Music" squatting with another man, holding their hunting equipment, with an assegai stuck into the ground next to them, two women sitting behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" and another man standing, carrying their hunting equipment, including an assegai, with a group of people sitting, cracking mangetti nuts near them
2001.29.17025 "/Gao Music" and another man standing, carrying their hunting equipment, including an assegai, with a group of people sitting, cracking mangetti nuts near them
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) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
2001.29.14870 "/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) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
Gautscha
"/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) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
2001.29.14869 "/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) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
Gautscha
"/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
Man squatting, working on an arrow point, with "/Gao Music" sitting behind him, a puppy next to him
2001.29.15909 Man squatting, working on an arrow point, with "/Gao Music" sitting behind him, a puppy next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao (of Band 4), "/Gao Music," and "Crooked /Qui" singing and being recorded by a machine inside the truck. Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and Laurence Marshall are sitting behind them. (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25698 //Ao (of Band 4), "/Gao Music," and "Crooked /Qui" singing and being recorded by a machine inside the truck. Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and Laurence Marshall are sitting behind them. (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Ao (of Band 4), "/Gao Music," and "Crooked /Qui" singing, being recorded by a machine inside the truck, with Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and Laurence Marshall are sitting behind them.
2001.29.14105 //Ao (of Band 4), "/Gao Music," and "Crooked /Qui" singing, being recorded by a machine inside the truck, with Lorna Marshall, Kernel Ledimo, and Laurence Marshall are sitting behind them.
Gautscha
"/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")
Gautscha
Arrow: Two people sitting next to a large pile of ashes in front of a skerm (probably "/Gao Music" and a woman)
2001.29.1290 Arrow: Two people sitting next to a large pile of ashes in front of a skerm (probably "/Gao Music" and a woman)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" working on arrow points and sitting with ≠Nisa in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31928 "/Gao Music" working on arrow points and sitting with ≠Nisa in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha