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Gau, ≠Toma (son of !Naishi), and /Ti!kay resuming a curing dance after a rest, cutting across a circle of seated women
Gau, ≠Toma (son of !Naishi), and /Ti!kay resuming a curing dance after a rest, cutting across a circle of seated women
Object Number 2001.29.25791
Display Title Gau, ≠Toma (son of !Naishi), and /Ti!kay resuming a curing dance after a rest, cutting across a circle of seated women
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Handwritten in pencil on note stapled to paper: "105-5 / The !Kung / ceremonial / dance - / starting again after a pause."
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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.6 × 20.3 cm (6 9/16 × 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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Gau, ≠Toma (son of !Naishi), and /Ti!kay resuming a curing dance after a rest, cutting across a circle of seated women
2001.29.14270 Gau, ≠Toma (son of !Naishi), and /Ti!kay resuming a curing dance after a rest, cutting across a circle of seated women
Gautscha
Group of men performing a curing dance, including Gau of Band 2 (right), "/Gao Music" (second from left), ≠Toma (fourth from the left, a visitor, son of !Naishi and //Khuga)
2001.29.14267 Group of men performing a curing dance, including Gau of Band 2 (right), "/Gao Music" (second from left), ≠Toma (fourth from the left, a visitor, son of !Naishi and //Khuga)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of men performing a curing dance, including Gau of Band 2 (right), "/Gao Music" (second from left), ≠Toma (fourth from the left, a visitor, son of !Naishi and //Khuga) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30162 [No folder title]: Group of men performing a curing dance, including Gau of Band 2 (right), "/Gao Music" (second from left), ≠Toma (fourth from the left, a visitor, son of !Naishi and //Khuga) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29273 [No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front
2001.29.685 Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front
Gautscha
Dance: Line of men dancing counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting at a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay holding "Crooked /Qui's" arms, "Old Di//khao" dancing behind !Naishi and //Ao dancing strongly
2001.29.1616 Dance: Line of men dancing counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting at a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay holding "Crooked /Qui's" arms, "Old Di//khao" dancing behind !Naishi and //Ao dancing strongly
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Men dancing clockwise around a circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, including !Naishi and Gau
2001.29.1585 Dance: Men dancing clockwise around a circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, including !Naishi and Gau
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: /Ti!kay sitting and putting on his dance rattles, Gau standing beside him, with people sitting under a tree in the background
2001.29.2961 Dance: /Ti!kay sitting and putting on his dance rattles, Gau standing beside him, with people sitting under a tree in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Children": /Ti!kay sitting and putting on his dance rattles, Gau standing beside him, with people sitting under a tree in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31446 "Children": /Ti!kay sitting and putting on his dance rattles, Gau standing beside him, with people sitting under a tree in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Men dancing, changing direction by making a serpentine motion through a circle of women sitting, with //Ao (husband of Khuan//a) and ≠Toma (son of "Old !Naishi") dancing together at the left and /Ti!kay in the center
2001.29.1581 Dance: Men dancing, changing direction by making a serpentine motion through a circle of women sitting, with //Ao (husband of Khuan//a) and ≠Toma (son of "Old !Naishi") dancing together at the left and /Ti!kay in the center
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) singing before a daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1566 Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) singing before a daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) dancing before the daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1567 Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) dancing before the daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy