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!Naishi adjusting the neck pegs on a //guashi, with two adzes on the ground next to him
!Naishi adjusting the neck pegs on a //guashi, with two adzes on the ground next to him
Object Number 2001.29.17342
Display Title !Naishi adjusting the neck pegs on a //guashi, with two adzes on the ground next to him
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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2001.29.17340 !Naishi sitting, holding a nearly completed //guashi, reaching for a tool
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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
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!Naishi sitting and eating, with //Ao sitting next to him chopping at a log, making a //guashi, an expedition member walking toward them
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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
Man standing, carrying hunting equipment, view from behind, with two men sitting behind him, man wearing Western clothing adjusting a spring hare pole in the background
2001.29.15923 Man standing, carrying hunting equipment, view from behind, with two men sitting behind him, man wearing Western clothing adjusting a spring hare pole in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi building a //guashi, with !Naishi holding the //guashi, //Ao lying on his stomach, talking
2001.29.17343 //Ao and !Naishi building a //guashi, with !Naishi holding the //guashi, //Ao lying on his stomach, talking
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//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 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