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Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Object Number 2001.29.25103
Display Title Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 17.78 cm (5 × 7 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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Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, showing the use of a carrying stick, shoulder bags made from animal stomachs, and a man's breech-clout seen from the back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25756 Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, showing the use of a carrying stick, shoulder bags made from animal stomachs, and a man's breech-clout seen from the back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Water": Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, showing the use of a carrying stick, shoulder bags made from animal stomachs, and a man's breech-clout seen from the back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30893 "Water": Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, showing the use of a carrying stick, shoulder bags made from animal stomachs, and a man's breech-clout seen from the back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, showing the use of a carrying stick, shoulder bags made from animal stomachs, and a man's breech-clout seen from the back
2001.29.14212 Man and boy returning to the werft from a waterhole, showing the use of a carrying stick, shoulder bags made from animal stomachs, and a man's breech-clout seen from the back
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet" shaping an assegai blade, with "Old ≠Toma" sitting behind him
2001.29.14377 "Gao Helmet" shaping an assegai blade, with "Old ≠Toma" sitting behind him
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
2001.29.30023.1 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
2001.29.30023 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, and //Kushay, his second wife, standing near him
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet" shaping an assagai blade, "Old ≠Toma" behind him
2001.29.25869.1 "Gao Helmet" shaping an assagai blade, "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Gautscha
"Boys' fire": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30385.2 "Boys' fire": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Boys' fire": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30385.1 "Boys' fire": Man making a bag from a wild pig skin, with men sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" shaping an assegai blade, hammering it on a stone, sitting with members of his family
2001.29.1893 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" shaping an assegai blade, hammering it on a stone, sitting with members of his family
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" hammering an arrow point with a slab of wood on a stone in front of him
2001.29.15929 "/Gao Music" hammering an arrow point with a slab of wood on a stone in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Top: Boy carrying a stomach water bag and another bag on a digging stick on his shoulder, walking in grass, seen from the back; bottom: Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something
2001.29.25106 Top: Boy carrying a stomach water bag and another bag on a digging stick on his shoulder, walking in grass, seen from the back; bottom: Man sitting in front of a skerm smoothing something
Gautscha