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//Ao making a //guashi, shaving it with his knife, with !Naishi building a fire behind him, N!ai sitting near them
//Ao making a //guashi, shaving it with his knife, with !Naishi building a fire behind him, N!ai sitting near them
Object Number 2001.29.17332
Display Title //Ao making a //guashi, shaving it with his knife, with !Naishi building a fire behind him, N!ai sitting 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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2001.29.17293 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with !Naishi holding an axe, man sitting in a tree in the background
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//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, being filmed by an expedition member, with "Short /Qui" standing near them, lifting his leg for another man to look at
2001.29.17297 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, being filmed by an expedition member, with "Short /Qui" standing near them, lifting his leg for another man to look at
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, being filmed by an expedition member, with "Short /Qui" standing near them
2001.29.17298 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, being filmed by an expedition member, with "Short /Qui" standing near them
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//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi
2001.29.17294 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with //Ao fitting the sounding board and the hollowed log together, !Naishi holding a knife
2001.29.17335 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with //Ao fitting the sounding board and the hollowed log together, !Naishi holding a knife
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
!Naishi and //Ao making a guashi, examining the sounding board, the piece that fits on the top
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//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log
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