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"Gao Medicine" sitting with a man holding an assegai blade and another man, with arrows and Sansiveria leaves on the ground next to them
"Gao Medicine" sitting with a man holding an assegai blade and another man, with arrows and Sansiveria leaves on the ground next to them
Object Number 2001.29.16176
Display Title "Gao Medicine" sitting with a man holding an assegai blade and another man, with arrows and Sansiveria leaves on the ground 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" 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
"/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 Medicine" sitting, smoking a cigarette and holding an arrow, with arrows drying on a log near him
2001.29.17018 "Gao Medicine" sitting, smoking a cigarette and holding an arrow, with arrows drying on a log near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" talking, holding arrows, witting with another man working on an arrow
2001.29.15058 "Gao Medicine" talking, holding arrows, witting with another man working on an arrow
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves next to him
2001.29.16206 Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
2001.29.16207 Man squatting, holding a piece of meat and a knife, with an iron pot full of food sitting in the ashes of a fire, meat placed on leaves and an ostrich eggshell next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" throwing an assegai (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31171 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" throwing an assegai (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Assegai in the air after leaving "Gao Medicine's" hand
2001.29.23039 Assegai in the air after leaving "Gao Medicine's" hand
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Assegai in the air after leaving "Gao Medicine's" hand (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28883 Assegai in the air after leaving "Gao Medicine's" hand (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" throwing an assegai
2001.29.23041 "Gao Medicine" throwing an assegai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Assegai in the air after leaving "Gao Medicine's" hand while John Marshall films him
2001.29.23040 Assegai in the air after leaving "Gao Medicine's" hand while John Marshall films him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy