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!Naishi sitting, holding a nearly completed //guashi, reaching for a tool
!Naishi sitting, holding a nearly completed //guashi, reaching for a tool
Object Number 2001.29.17340
Display Title !Naishi sitting, holding a nearly completed //guashi, reaching for a tool
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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//Ao carving wood, with a nearly completed //guashi on the ground between !Naishi's legs
2001.29.17341 //Ao carving wood, with a nearly completed //guashi on the ground between !Naishi's legs
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao making a //guashi, shaving it with his knife, with !Naishi building a fire behind him, N!ai sitting near them
2001.29.17332 //Ao making a //guashi, shaving it with his knife, with !Naishi building a fire behind him, N!ai sitting near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi adjusting the neck pegs on a //guashi, with two adzes on the ground next to him
2001.29.17342 !Naishi adjusting the neck pegs on a //guashi, with two adzes on the ground next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with !Naishi holding an axe, man sitting in a tree in the background
2001.29.17293 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi, with !Naishi holding an axe, man sitting in a tree in the background
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 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 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
!Naishi examining the sounding board of a //guashi, the piece that fits on the top
2001.29.17329 !Naishi examining the sounding board of a //guashi, the piece that fits on the top
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi stringing a //guashi
2001.29.17345 !Naishi stringing a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi lying down, playing a //guashi he has just built with //Ao
2001.29.17338 !Naishi lying down, playing a //guashi he has just built with //Ao
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi
2001.29.17294 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi
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