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//Ao and !Naishi hollowing out a log with an adze to make a //guashi, with two people lying down in the background, watching
//Ao and !Naishi hollowing out a log with an adze to make a //guashi, with two people lying down in the background, watching
Object Number 2001.29.17312
Display Title //Ao and !Naishi hollowing out a log with an adze to make a //guashi, with two people lying down in the background, watching
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 lying down next to him, people sitting in the background, including Nicholas England
2001.29.17309 !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
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!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
//Ao and !Naishi working on logs to make a //guashi
2001.29.17316 //Ao and !Naishi working on logs to make a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi and //Ao making a //guashi, with //Ao carving a hollowed log, !Naishi carving the sounding board
2001.29.17334 !Naishi and //Ao making a //guashi, with //Ao carving a hollowed log, !Naishi carving the sounding board
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 working on logs to make a //guashi
2001.29.17315 //Ao and !Naishi working on logs to make a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi working on logs to make a //guashi
2001.29.17314 //Ao and !Naishi working on logs to make a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao moving a log, making a //guashi, with !Naishi standing next to him, watching
2001.29.17285 //Ao moving a log, making a //guashi, with !Naishi standing next to him, watching
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Guashi being made by //Ao and !Naishi, with the sounding board attached to a hollowed log base, an adze on the ground next to it
2001.29.17333 //Guashi being made by //Ao and !Naishi, with the sounding board attached to a hollowed log base, an adze on the ground next to it
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
!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 shaving a log with his adze to make a //guashi
2001.29.17303 //Ao shaving a log with his adze to make a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy