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Object Number 2001.29.21045
Display Title Medicine man coming out of trance, full figure standing
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O Pan
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Medicine man coming out of trance, full figure standing
2001.29.27387 Medicine man coming out of trance, full figure standing
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Group of women sitting in the dance circle and a man lying in a  trance, with a group of men sitting in the shade in the background
2001.29.21040 Group of women sitting in the dance circle and a man lying in a trance, with a group of men sitting in the shade in the background
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Dance: Two medicine men in trance at a daytime dance, with a third medicine man assisting them, other men sitting near them
2001.29.1621 Dance: Two medicine men in trance at a daytime dance, with a third medicine man assisting them, other men sitting near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Medicine man putting his arms behind his head, half figure standing
2001.29.21044 Medicine man putting his arms behind his head, half figure standing
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Man aiding a medicine man lying on the ground in trance, with John Marshall adjusting a camera, Laurence Marshall watching, people sitting and standing in the background
2001.29.16690 Man aiding a medicine man lying on the ground in trance, with John Marshall adjusting a camera, Laurence Marshall watching, people sitting and standing in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay and another medicine man leaning over, tending to a man lying on the ground in trance, with people sitting and standing in the background
2001.29.16240 /Ti!kay and another medicine man leaning over, tending to a man lying on the ground in trance, with people sitting and standing in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Medicine man in trance, screaming, kneeling, with another man standing behind him, men dancing in the background
2001.29.15713 Medicine man in trance, screaming, kneeling, with another man standing behind him, men dancing in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Samuel Putnam negatives, New Guinea; a man, a little boy; with pigs in front of them; meet another man coming the opposite direction out of the grove of trees near Aulek
2006.18.1.37.7 Samuel Putnam negatives, New Guinea; a man, a little boy; with pigs in front of them; meet another man coming the opposite direction out of the grove of trees near Aulek
Documentary
New Guinea
/Naoka imitating a medicine man, full figure
2001.29.21923 /Naoka imitating a medicine man, full figure
Nama Pan
/Naoka imitating a medicine man in trance, with a group of people watching
2001.29.21924 /Naoka imitating a medicine man in trance, with a group of people watching
Nama Pan
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": "Old /Gam" dancing and a medicine man (right) holding the arms of another who is in trance and leading him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30501 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": "Old /Gam" dancing and a medicine man (right) holding the arms of another who is in trance and leading him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder]: Medicine man falling in trance, caught by another medicine man, with John Marshall filming them
2001.29.31872 [No folder]: Medicine man falling in trance, caught by another medicine man, with John Marshall filming them
Gautscha