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!Naishi chopping a log with an axe to make a //guashi, with //Ao lying down next to him, people sitting in the background, including Nicholas England
!Naishi chopping a log with an axe to make a //guashi, with //Ao lying down next to him, people sitting in the background, including Nicholas England
Object Number 2001.29.17309
Display Title !Naishi chopping a log with an axe to make a //guashi, with //Ao lying down next to him, people sitting in the background, including Nicholas England
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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!Naishi chopping a log with an axe to make a //guashi, with //Ao sitting next to him, people sitting in the background, including Nicholas England
2001.29.17310 !Naishi chopping a log with an axe to make a //guashi, with //Ao sitting next to him, people sitting in the background, including Nicholas England
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi sitting and eating, with //Ao sitting next to him chopping at a log, making a //guashi, an expedition member walking toward them
2001.29.17282 !Naishi sitting and eating, with //Ao sitting next to him chopping at a log, making a //guashi, an expedition member walking toward them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with Nicholas England and another man examining the log
2001.29.17299 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with Nicholas England and another man examining the log
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
2001.29.17288 //Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with //Ao chopping a log with his axe and !Naishi peeling the bark off another log with his adze
2001.29.17292 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with //Ao chopping a log with his axe and !Naishi peeling the bark off another log with his adze
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi hollowing out a log with an adze to make a //guashi, with two people lying down in the background, watching
2001.29.17312 //Ao and !Naishi hollowing out a log with an adze to make a //guashi, with two people lying down in the background, watching
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
2001.29.17287 //Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
2001.29.17289 //Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao making a //guashi, with Nicholas England measuring the length of the log
2001.29.17296 //Ao making a //guashi, with Nicholas England measuring the length of the log
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with other men sitting and standing in the background, Nicholas England sitting against a tree, taking notes
2001.29.17304 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with other men sitting and standing in the background, Nicholas England sitting against a tree, taking notes
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting (including John Marshall, Robert Gardner, and Nicholas England), with N!amshi chipping at log to make a //guashi
2001.29.505 Group of people sitting (including John Marshall, Robert Gardner, and Nicholas England), with N!amshi chipping at log to make a //guashi
Mangetti Forest
N!amshi chipping at log to make a //guashi, with Nicholas England in the background, leaning against a tree and reading
2001.29.9874 N!amshi chipping at log to make a //guashi, with Nicholas England in the background, leaning against a tree and reading
Mangetti Forest