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Men dancing in a line in a night dance, with women carrying babies on their backs standing near them
Men dancing in a line in a night dance, with women carrying babies on their backs standing near them
Object Number 2001.29.17139
Display Title Men dancing in a line in a night dance, with women carrying babies on their backs standing near 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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Three women, two carrying babies on their backs, dancing in a circle clapping their hands, with a group of women and children watching in the background
2001.29.16289 Three women, two carrying babies on their backs, dancing in a circle clapping their hands, with a group of women and children watching in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.16305 Two women with babies on their backs dancing and clapping, playing tamah n!o’an (a ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boys dancing in a night dance, one holding a tree branch, near a group of women with babies sitting and clapping
2001.29.17190 Boys dancing in a night dance, one holding a tree branch, near a group of women with babies sitting and clapping
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Two women with babies on their backs dancing and clapping, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31337 "Women's Ball Game": Two women with babies on their backs dancing and clapping, playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Fathers and sons: Group of women and children playing, including a boy carrying /Gaishay on his shoulder, young women carrying babies on their backs and N!ai clapping (middle)
2001.29.1506 Children, Fathers and sons: Group of women and children playing, including a boy carrying /Gaishay on his shoulder, young women carrying babies on their backs and N!ai clapping (middle)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two women with babies on their backs sitting, one reaching out to touch the other, view from behind
2001.29.17087 Two women with babies on their backs sitting, one reaching out to touch the other, view from behind
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing dance rattles and carrying a stick, dancing near a group of women and children sitting and clapping in a night dance, with a boy wrapped in a blanket standing near them
2001.29.17251 Man wearing dance rattles and carrying a stick, dancing near a group of women and children sitting and clapping in a night dance, with a boy wrapped in a blanket standing near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Three women dancing at a night dance, one carrying a baby on her back
2001.29.16381 Three women dancing at a night dance, one carrying a baby on her back
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman carrying a baby dancing near a group of men and boys dancing in a night dance
2001.29.17141 Woman carrying a baby dancing near a group of men and boys dancing in a night dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children dancing in a line at a night dance, with a group of women dancing near them
2001.29.16377 Children dancing in a line at a night dance, with a group of women dancing near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two men dancing around a group of women sitting near a fire, clapping and singing, in a night dance, with Nicholas England squatting nearby, watching them
2001.29.17247 Two men dancing around a group of women sitting near a fire, clapping and singing, in a night dance, with Nicholas England squatting nearby, watching them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Gaishay sitting, with boys dancing in a night dance near a group of women sitting and clapping, smoke from two fires behind them
2001.29.17186 /Gaishay sitting, with boys dancing in a night dance near a group of women sitting and clapping, smoke from two fires behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy