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"Crooked /Qui" crouching on ground, pressing bow on ground to bend it toward him to tighten bowstring
"Crooked /Qui" crouching on ground, pressing bow on ground to bend it toward him to tighten bowstring
Object Number 2001.29.23223
Display Title "Crooked /Qui" crouching on ground, pressing bow on ground to bend it toward him to tighten bowstring
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama 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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"Crooked /Qui" crouching on ground, pressing bow on ground to bend it toward him to tighten bowstring (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29009 "Crooked /Qui" crouching on ground, pressing bow on ground to bend it toward him to tighten bowstring (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
//Khuga, "Crooked /Qui"'s wife, and their new baby crouching beside her pile of mangetti nuts
2001.29.7747 //Khuga, "Crooked /Qui"'s wife, and their new baby crouching beside her pile of mangetti nuts
Tsumkwe
"Crooked /Qui" showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string
2001.29.23199 "Crooked /Qui" showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string
Nama Pan
Hands of "Crooked /Qui," showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string
2001.29.23198 Hands of "Crooked /Qui," showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string
Nama Pan
Hands of "Crooked /Qui," showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string
2001.29.23197 Hands of "Crooked /Qui," showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string
Nama Pan
Side view of "Crooked /Qui" tightening bowstring, full figure standing
2001.29.23222 Side view of "Crooked /Qui" tightening bowstring, full figure standing
Nama Pan
≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. ≠Gao is beginning to twirl the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick which he steadies by pressing it down with his digging stick and his foot. (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25677 ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" (≠Gao's sister's husband) starting to make fire. ≠Gao is beginning to twirl the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick which he steadies by pressing it down with his digging stick and his foot. (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Crooked /Qui" showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28986 "Crooked /Qui" showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Hands of "Crooked /Qui," showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28985 Hands of "Crooked /Qui," showing position of hand on bow and right hand pulling back the bow string (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Side view of "Crooked /Qui" tightening bowstring, full figure standing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29008 Side view of "Crooked /Qui" tightening bowstring, full figure standing (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Dance: "Crooked /Qui" leading the men dancing counter-clockwise toward the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance
2001.29.1609 Dance: "Crooked /Qui" leading the men dancing counter-clockwise toward the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Gunda collapsed in trance, with "Crooked /Qui" propping him up, /Ti!kay holding his tongue, and another man rubbing him
2001.29.15687 /Gunda collapsed in trance, with "Crooked /Qui" propping him up, /Ti!kay holding his tongue, and another man rubbing him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy