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Object Number 2001.29.16239
Display Title Groups of men and women sit and stand in the werft
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
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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Three women sit in a line in the werft watching women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with another woman standing behind them
2001.29.16324 Three women sit in a line in the werft watching women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with another woman standing behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men and boys sitting and standing in the werft
2001.29.16907 Group of men and boys sitting and standing in the werft
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men and boys sitting and standing in the werft
2001.29.16906 Group of men and boys sitting and standing in the werft
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of /Gaishay and Di//Khao, sister of "Gao Medicine" stands at the end of a daytime dance, with men standing near her (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1607 Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of /Gaishay and Di//Khao, sister of "Gao Medicine" stands at the end of a daytime dance, with men standing near her (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of women and children sitting next to a baobab tree, with the werft in the background
2001.29.16504 Group of women and children sitting next to a baobab tree, with the werft in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Women sitting, one handing an object to another, with dancers standing and groups sitting in the background at a daytime dance
2001.29.16648 Women sitting, one handing an object to another, with dancers standing and groups sitting in the background at a daytime dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three women standing in the werft next to a baobab tree, view from above
2001.29.16492 Three women standing in the werft next to a baobab tree, view from above
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Women returning to the werft in the evening with their children
2001.29.1868 Groups: Women returning to the werft in the evening with their children
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three women siting in a line in the werft watching women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
2001.29.16318 Three women siting in a line in the werft watching women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Men: Group of men working in werft, with skerm and pots in the foreground
2001.29.5866 Groups, Men: Group of men working in werft, with skerm and pots in the foreground
Gautscha
Men and boys standing near a group of women sitting and clapping in a night dance
2001.29.17206 Men and boys standing near a group of women sitting and clapping in a night dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"N!ai in groups": Group of women and a boy sitting in a werft (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31201 "N!ai in groups": Group of women and a boy sitting in a werft (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha