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Unfinished //guashi lying on the ground, with an adze resting on a stick behind it
Unfinished //guashi lying on the ground, with an adze resting on a stick behind it
Object Number 2001.29.17536
Display Title Unfinished //guashi lying on the ground, with an adze resting on a stick behind it
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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Partially hollowed log to be used for a //guashi, with an adze next to it
2001.29.16898 Partially hollowed log to be used for a //guashi, with an adze next to it
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy smoking a pipe, with another boy lying down next to him, playing a //guashi
2001.29.17364 Boy smoking a pipe, with another boy lying down next to him, playing 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
Adze resting on a stick
2001.29.17534 Adze resting on a stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boy smoking a pipe, with another boy lying down next to him, playing a //guashi
2001.29.17371 Boy smoking a pipe, with another boy lying down next to him, playing a //guashi
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" in trance at a daytime dance, lying down, being cared for another man, with /Gunda wearing Western clothes, standing by a group of women sitting in the background
2001.29.17470 "/Gao Music" in trance at a daytime dance, lying down, being cared for another man, with /Gunda wearing Western clothes, standing by a group of women sitting in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it off at his mouth, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
2001.29.16074 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it off at his mouth, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with a knife, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
2001.29.16075 ≠Toma squatting next to a skerm, eating a piece of meat, cutting it with a knife, with an adze lying on the ground in front of him
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
//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
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
Man lying on the ground, sleeping, with a woman wearing ornaments in her hair sitting with his family behind him
2001.29.15381 Man lying on the ground, sleeping, with a woman wearing ornaments in her hair sitting with his family behind him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy