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Man heating his awl in fire to make a hole for his adze, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm
Man heating his awl in fire to make a hole for his adze, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm
Object Number 2001.29.17388
Display Title Man heating his awl in fire to make a hole for his adze, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm
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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Man making a hole for his adze with a heated awl, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm
2001.29.17389 Man making a hole for his adze with a heated awl, sitting with a group of men in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. /Qui notching the fire stick with his knife, and ≠Gao placing his hand on the pile of twigs in order to feed the fire when it starts. (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25678 ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. /Qui notching the fire stick with his knife, and ≠Gao placing his hand on the pile of twigs in order to feed the fire when it starts. (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Dam working on a log with his adze, making a //guashi, sitting with a group of people in front of a skerm
2001.29.17395 Dam working on a log with his adze, making a //guashi, sitting with a group of people in front of a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. ≠Gao is beginning to twirl the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick which he steadies by pressing it down with his digging stick and his foot. (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25677 ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. ≠Gao is beginning to twirl the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick which he steadies by pressing it down with his digging stick and his foot. (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Ao sitting by the fire in front of his skerm, with his child standing next to him
2001.29.13940 //Ao sitting by the fire in front of his skerm, with his child standing next to him
Gautscha
"/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15858 "/Gao Music" testing an arrow for straightness, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao sitting by his fire in front of his skerm
2001.29.13928 //Ao sitting by his fire in front of his skerm
Gautscha
"/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
2001.29.15857 "/Gao Music" holding an arrow, sitting next to a fire outside his skerm, with two ostrich egg shells on the ground near him, assegais leaning against the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ornament: Person wearing upper arm bracelets that a man makes for his wife in their first period of marriage made from leather cut from the foreheads of his kills, close-up
2001.29.2041 Ornament: Person wearing upper arm bracelets that a man makes for his wife in their first period of marriage made from leather cut from the foreheads of his kills, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire, distant view
2001.29.2979 Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire, distant view
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire, distant view
2001.29.2977 Fire-Making: ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) sitting with his brother, "/Qui Hunter," using firesticks and grass tinder to make a fire, distant view
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao sitting by the fire in front of his skerm, with his child standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25604 //Ao sitting by the fire in front of his skerm, with his child standing next to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha