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"/Gao Music" hammering an arrow point with a slab of wood on a stone in front of him
"/Gao Music" hammering an arrow point with a slab of wood on a stone in front of him
Object Number 2001.29.15929
Display Title "/Gao Music" hammering an arrow point with a slab of wood on a stone in front of him
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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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
"/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
"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
2001.29.30023 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
Gautscha
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
"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
2001.29.30023.1 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
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
"Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal
2001.29.14376 "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal
2001.29.14375 "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal
Gautscha
"/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" 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 Music" sitting, examining something in his hands, with a bowl on the ground in front of him
2001.29.15070 "/Gao Music" sitting, examining something in his hands, with a bowl on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" shaping an assegai blade, hammering it on a stone, sitting with members of his family
2001.29.1894 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" shaping an assegai blade, hammering it on a stone, sitting with members of his family
Nyae Nyae Conservancy