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Boy picking up a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) with his stick  (print is a cropped image)
Boy picking up a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) with his stick (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25662
Display Title Boy picking up a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) with his stick (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Dimensions Overall: 19.3675 × 19.3675 cm (7 5/8 × 7 5/8 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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Boy picking up a djani (winged toy made from a hollow reed) with his stick
2001.29.14040 Boy picking up a djani (winged toy made from a hollow reed) with his stick
Gautscha
Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25658 Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25659 Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Two boys tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed)  (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25663 Two boys tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed)
2001.29.14032 Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed)
Gautscha
Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed)
2001.29.14041 Boy tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed)
Gautscha
Two boys tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed)
2001.29.14042 Two boys tossing a djani (helicopter toy / winged toy made from a hollow reed)
Gautscha
"The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31403 "The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31403.1 "The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30147 [No folder title]: Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Toys: /Gunda playing the djani (helicopter toy) game in a dance circle area, catching the djani with his stick
2001.29.1478 Children, Toys: /Gunda playing the djani (helicopter toy) game in a dance circle area, catching the djani with his stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy), a boy catching it with the tip of his stick
2001.29.17698 Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy), a boy catching it with the tip of his stick
Gautscha