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Dam holding a log, making a //guashi, sitting with a group of people in front of a skerm
Dam holding a log, making a //guashi, sitting with a group of people in front of a skerm
Object Number 2001.29.17394
Display Title Dam holding a log, making a //guashi, sitting with a group of people 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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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
//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
//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
//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
//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
//Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi
2001.29.17290 //Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
2001.29.17287 //Ao chopping a log with his axe, making a //guashi, sitting with !Naishi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
2001.29.17387 Group of men sitting next to a fire in front of a skerm, one playing the //guashi, another stirring nuts in the fire, with hunting equipment hanging in the skerm behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with Nicholas England and another man examining the log
2001.29.17299 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log, with Nicholas England and another man examining the log
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" sitting, smoking a cigarette and holding an arrow, with arrows drying on a log near him
2001.29.17018 "Gao Medicine" sitting, smoking a cigarette and holding an arrow, with arrows drying on a log near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log
2001.29.17302 //Ao and !Naishi making a //guashi from a log
Nyae Nyae Conservancy