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!Naishi tying down the sounding board on a //guashi
!Naishi tying down the sounding board on a //guashi
Object Number 2001.29.17347
Display Title !Naishi tying down the sounding board on a //guashi
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 and //Ao making a //guashi, tying down the sounding board
2001.29.17346 !Naishi and //Ao making a //guashi, tying down the sounding board
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
!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 and //Ao making a guashi, examining the sounding board, the piece that fits on the top
2001.29.17328 !Naishi and //Ao making a guashi, examining the sounding board, the piece that fits on the top
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 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 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
!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 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
!Naishi sitting, holding a nearly completed //guashi, reaching for a tool
2001.29.17340 !Naishi sitting, holding a nearly completed //guashi, reaching for a tool
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi stringing a //guashi
2001.29.17345 !Naishi stringing a //guashi
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