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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 2001.29.16143
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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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
"Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
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Gautscha
"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
Digging for roots: "Gao Medicine" cracking mangetti nuts on a rock with a stick and a man with a bow sitting next to him (print is a cropped image)
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Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis on a rock with a stick and a man with a bow sitting next to him
2001.29.14341 "Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis on a rock with a stick and a man with a bow sitting next to him
Mangetti Forest
"Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
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Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis, with another man with bow beside him
2001.29.25843 "Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis, with another man with bow beside him
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis, with another man with bow beside him (print is a cropped and enlarged image)
2001.29.25843.1 "Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis, with another man with bow beside him (print is a cropped and enlarged image)
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis, with another man with bow beside him (print is an enlarged and reversed image)
2001.29.25843.2 "Gao Medicine" cracking mangettis, with another man with bow beside him (print is an enlarged and reversed image)
Gautscha