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Man wearing dance rattles and a Western hat dancing in a night dance, with a group of women and a boy siting and clapping behind him
Man wearing dance rattles and a Western hat dancing in a night dance, with a group of women and a boy siting and clapping behind him
Object Number 2001.29.17189
Display Title Man wearing dance rattles and a Western hat dancing in a night dance, with a group of women and a boy siting and clapping behind 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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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy dancing in a night dance, behind a group of women siting and clapping
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man helping /Gunda in trance in a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay, wearing pants and dance rattles, standing behind them
2001.29.16253 Man helping /Gunda in trance in a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay, wearing pants and dance rattles, standing behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people dancing in a night dance, including a man wearing dance rattles and a boy wearing a kaross
2001.29.17242 Group of people dancing in a night dance, including a man wearing dance rattles and a boy wearing a kaross
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing and two boys wearing rattles on their legs
2001.29.8007 Adults gathering for a curing dance, women clapping and children dancing and two boys wearing rattles on their legs
Gwia
/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
Group of boys wearing Western clothes, one also wearing dance rattles, standing, talking
2001.29.17256 Group of boys wearing Western clothes, one also wearing dance rattles, standing, talking
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boys dancing in a night dance near a group of women sitting and clapping, with smoke from two fires behind them
2001.29.17185 Boys dancing in a night dance near a group of women sitting and clapping, with smoke from two fires behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two men dancing by a group of women sitting, clapping and singing for a night dance
2001.29.17257 Two men dancing by a group of women sitting, clapping and singing for a night dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing dance rattles for a daytime dance, standing, looking at a group of people in the background
2001.29.17466 Man wearing dance rattles for a daytime dance, standing, looking at a group of people in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing dance rattles lying down in trance, with a man sitting next to him, another dancer standing behind them
2001.29.16691 Man wearing dance rattles lying down in trance, with a man sitting next to him, another dancer standing behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Night dance at Tsumkwe 1957-8, some published in my [Lorna Marshall's] dance paper": Man wearing dance rattles, sitting by a skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30487 "Night dance at Tsumkwe 1957-8, some published in my [Lorna Marshall's] dance paper": Man wearing dance rattles, sitting by a skerm (print is a cropped image)
Tsumkwe