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Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems
Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems
Object Number 2001.29.21430
Display Title Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems
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
Materials Negative, 35mm
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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Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27690 Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings
2001.29.21420 Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27680 Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
N!whakwe standing on his mother Tsekue's shoulder to look over the grass to see what was making noise
2001.29.21296 N!whakwe standing on his mother Tsekue's shoulder to look over the grass to see what was making noise
/Ai Ha !O Pan
N!whakwe standing on his mother Tsekue's shoulder to look over the grass to see what was making noise
2001.29.21297 N!whakwe standing on his mother Tsekue's shoulder to look over the grass to see what was making noise
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Gaiamakwe and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas playing music with grass stems in their mouths
2001.29.21006 /Gaiamakwe and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas playing music with grass stems in their mouths
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue with N!whakwe on her back in the grass
2001.29.20698 Tsekue with N!whakwe on her back in the grass
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue nursing N!whakwe, seated beside a fire
2001.29.21207 Tsekue nursing N!whakwe, seated beside a fire
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Botanical specimens, a stem called khu ha beside a piece of ≠ouam, with a ruler for measurement
2001.29.20870 Botanical specimens, a stem called khu ha beside a piece of ≠ouam, with a ruler for measurement
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Man gathering stems for mat making
2004.24.6927B Man gathering stems for mat making
Cameroon
Man making a mat from stems
2004.24.6927A Man making a mat from stems
Cameroon
Werft with a group of people under trees, their belongings hanging in the branches; expedition tents in the background, the sound equipment tent on the right
2001.29.22863 Werft with a group of people under trees, their belongings hanging in the branches; expedition tents in the background, the sound equipment tent on the right
Nyae Nyae Conservancy