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Three skerms
Object Number 2001.29.24448
Display Title Three skerms
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 11/1/1961 - 11/13/1961
Culture
  • Naro
  • !Xóõ?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / <County> / !Go Tsao
Materials Negative, black and white
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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[No folder title]: Three skerms (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30691 [No folder title]: Three skerms (print is a cropped image)
!Go Tsao
Three skerms
2001.29.29758 Three skerms
!Go Tsao
Group of people sitting in the connection between two skerms
2001.29.24447 Group of people sitting in the connection between two skerms
!Go Tsao
Group of people sitting in the connection between two skerms
2001.29.29757 Group of people sitting in the connection between two skerms
!Go Tsao
Children, Groups, play: Gao and !Nani (/Ti!kay's sons) walking in front of three skerms built for the rainy season
2001.29.1426 Children, Groups, play: Gao and !Nani (/Ti!kay's sons) walking in front of three skerms built for the rainy season
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Xoxa, /Gaishay, and /'O/hei/ performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with other people and skerms in the background
2001.29.8476 /Xoxa, /Gaishay, and /'O/hei/ performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with other people and skerms in the background
!Go Tsao
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
2001.29.14867 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
2001.29.26185 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
Gautscha
!Ani standing at two almost completed skerms
2001.29.8401 !Ani standing at two almost completed skerms
!Go Tsao
Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
2001.29.15987 Three boys sitting, playing /Ui (the counting game), with the boy on the right gesturing and the boy on the left holding a stick; skerms and animal skins on the ground next to them in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Xoxa, /Gaishay, /'O/hei/, and Tama performing a curing dance around groups of women sitting in a circle, with groups of people and skerms in the background
2001.29.8458 /Xoxa, /Gaishay, /'O/hei/, and Tama performing a curing dance around groups of women sitting in a circle, with groups of people and skerms in the background
!Go Tsao
Children dancing between two skerms; three people in one skerm sitting and watching
2001.29.24456 Children dancing between two skerms; three people in one skerm sitting and watching
!Go Tsao