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"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
"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
Object Number 2001.29.16142
Display Title "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
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 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
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting on a skin inside a skerm, stringing his bow, with people lying on the ground near him
2001.29.16144 "Gao Medicine" sitting on a skin inside a skerm, stringing his bow, with people lying on the ground near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman holding her kaross in back of her, standing next to a man squatting, working a piece of sinew, with his belongings on the ground next to him
2001.29.16163 Woman holding her kaross in back of her, standing next to a man squatting, working a piece of sinew, with his belongings on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "Gao Hunchback" sitting and holding his child on his shoulder, with a //guashi lying on the ground next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29896 [No folder title]: "Gao Hunchback" sitting and holding his child on his shoulder, with a //guashi lying on the ground next to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Hunchback" sitting and holding his child on his shoulder, with a //guashi lying on the ground next to him
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Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
2001.29.14806 "Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
2001.29.14807 "Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
Gautscha
"Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31301 "Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
2001.29.14808 "Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
2001.29.21984 "Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
Nama Pan
Children, Groups, play: /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) lying on his back holding a branch, with "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and /Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine") standing next to him
2001.29.1424 Children, Groups, play: /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) lying on his back holding a branch, with "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and /Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine") standing next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting in front of a partially constructed skerm with his family members, including /Naoka (his first wife) and ≠Toma, Di!ai is working on the skerm behind them
2001.29.14809 "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of a partially constructed skerm with his family members, including /Naoka (his first wife) and ≠Toma, Di!ai is working on the skerm behind them
Gautscha