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"/Gao Music" squatting on a hide pegged to the ground, holding a knife
"/Gao Music" squatting on a hide pegged to the ground, holding a knife
Object Number 2001.29.16104
Display Title "/Gao Music" squatting on a hide pegged to the ground, holding a knife
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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2001.29.16105 "/Gao Music" sits on a hide pegged to the ground, scraping it with his adze
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"/Gao Music," /Ti!kay and ≠Toma working on a hide pegged to the ground
2001.29.16107 "/Gao Music," /Ti!kay and ≠Toma working on a hide pegged to the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music," /Ti!kay and ≠Toma scraping a hide pegged to the ground
2001.29.16106 "/Gao Music," /Ti!kay and ≠Toma scraping a hide pegged to the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma sharpening his knife, sitting with "/Gao Music" on a stretched animal skin they have been scraping, with /Ti!kay squatting near them
2001.29.16100 ≠Toma sharpening his knife, sitting with "/Gao Music" on a stretched animal skin they have been scraping, with /Ti!kay squatting near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/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
Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
2001.29.16214 Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
2001.29.16213 Man sitting, leaning against a skerm, a hide pegged to the ground near him, a dried hide on the other side of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Animal hide pegged to the ground, being stretched
2001.29.15090 Animal hide pegged to the ground, being stretched
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma sharpening his knife, sitting on a stretched animal skin, with /Ti!kay squatting next to him
2001.29.16101 ≠Toma sharpening his knife, sitting on a stretched animal skin, with /Ti!kay squatting next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
2001.29.16073 Man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and hat, leaning over, scraping an animal skin that is pegged to the ground
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
2001.29.16143 "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