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Man leaning over next to a skerm, adjusting his dance rattles for a night dance
Man leaning over next to a skerm, adjusting his dance rattles for a night dance
Object Number 2001.29.17245
Display Title Man leaning over next to a skerm, adjusting his dance rattles for a night dance
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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Man leaning over to put his dance rattles on, view from behind, with /Ti!kay standing behind him, camera on a tripod in the background
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman standing, holding her hand to her mouth, with a man putting on dance rattles and a woman sitting next to her, cattle in the background
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15858 "/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man squatting, aiding a man lying on the ground in trance at the beginning of a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay wearing dance rattles, standing near them, a camera tripod and skerm in the background
2001.29.16721 Man squatting, aiding a man lying on the ground in trance at the beginning of a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay wearing dance rattles, standing near them, a camera tripod and skerm in the background
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
"/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15857 "/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting in front of his skerm and next to his possessions, including rattles, oracle disks, an Ovambo pot, ostrich egg shells, quiver, and cord
2001.29.13600 "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of his skerm and next to his possessions, including rattles, oracle disks, an Ovambo pot, ostrich egg shells, quiver, and cord
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting in front of his skerm and next to his possessions, including rattles, oracle disks, an Ovambo pot, ostrich egg shells, quiver, and cord
2001.29.706 "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of his skerm and next to his possessions, including rattles, oracle disks, an Ovambo pot, ostrich egg shells, quiver, and cord
Gautscha
Image Not Available for "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
Image Not Available for "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)
2001.29.30487.1 "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
Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
2001.29.16674 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
2001.29.16673 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy