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Image Not Available for //Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied
//Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied
Image Not Available for //Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied
Object Number 2001.29.22400
Display Title //Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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Image Not Available for //Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28462 //Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for //Guashi showing how the strings are wound around the sticks
2001.29.22398 //Guashi showing how the strings are wound around the sticks
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for //Guashi showing how the strings are wound around the sticks (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28460 //Guashi showing how the strings are wound around the sticks (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for //Guashi showing place where strings are inserted in grooves
2001.29.22399 //Guashi showing place where strings are inserted in grooves
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for //Guashi showing place where strings are inserted in grooves (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28461 //Guashi showing place where strings are inserted in grooves (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Sticks tied with cotton string
16-9-10/A3355 Sticks tied with cotton string
Worked Wood
Ford House Ruin
Image Not Available for "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, showing thumbs on strings
2001.29.22412 "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, showing thumbs on strings
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials of which strings are made
78-40-10/14930 Materials of which strings are made
Floral
Palm Springs
Image Not Available for !Oukabe's hands working on sticks which will hold snare noose in sand, close-up
2001.29.21343 !Oukabe's hands working on sticks which will hold snare noose in sand, close-up
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for N/kxabe playing dandiri, holding a cartridge in her hand, striking the string with a little stick
2001.29.8685 N/kxabe playing dandiri, holding a cartridge in her hand, striking the string with a little stick
!Go Tsao
Image Not Available for "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, showing thumbs on strings (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28473 "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, showing thumbs on strings (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Plant of which basket and strings are made
78-40-10/14931 Plant of which basket and strings are made
Floral
Riverside County