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Group of people participating in the choa ceremony
Group of people participating in the choa ceremony
Object Number 2001.29.25579
Display Title Group of people participating in the choa ceremony
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Handwritten in pencil on photograph (verso): "Print by A. Scherz / Published in Natural History Aug 15 58 / 21-8"; handwritten in ink on photograph (verso): "p. 381"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass."
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 12.7 cm (8 × 5 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]: Group of people participating in the choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30820.1 [No folder title]: Group of people participating in the choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of people participating in the choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30903 [No folder title]: Group of people participating in the choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of people participating in the choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30820 [No folder title]: Group of people participating in the choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
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Group of people participating in a choa ceremony
2001.29.13889 Group of people participating in a choa ceremony
Gautscha
Group of people participating in a choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31885.1 Group of people participating in a choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of people participating in a choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31885 Group of people participating in a choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of people participating in a choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31885.2 Group of people participating in a choa ceremony (print is a cropped image)
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"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
"Firemaking": ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" making a fire, with ≠Gao twirling the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick, steadying it with his digging stick and his foot (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30463.1 "Firemaking": ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" making a fire, with ≠Gao twirling the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick, steadying it with his digging stick and his foot (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" putting poison on his arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30420.1 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" putting poison on his arrows (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Man stretching out a skin by pegging it to the ground (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30391.2 [No folder title]: Man stretching out a skin by pegging it to the ground (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha