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Woman with her baby dancing among men
Woman with her baby dancing among men
Object Number 2001.29.25807
Display Title Woman with her baby dancing among men
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on note stapled to paper: "107-9 / !Kung ceremonial / dance A young / woman has / joined, carrying / her baby. / Same dance / as 107-1 etc."
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: 19.177 × 18.9992 cm (7 9/16 × 7 1/2 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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Group of men performing a curing dance, with /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
2001.29.25802 Group of men performing a curing dance, with /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
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Two women holding babies, dancing among a group of men
2001.29.14284 Two women holding babies, dancing among a group of men
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2001.29.1576 Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (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
Woman sitting and holding a baby, another child beside her; baby is wearing a hunting talisman
2001.29.26247.1 Woman sitting and holding a baby, another child beside her; baby is wearing a hunting talisman
Cho/ana
Woman sitting and holding a baby, another child beside her, view from the side (out of focus)
2001.29.26248.1 Woman sitting and holding a baby, another child beside her, view from the side (out of focus)
Cho/ana
Woman dancing in the foreground, with a group of people behind
2001.29.25804 Woman dancing in the foreground, with a group of people behind
Gautscha
Two women with babies dancing among a group of men
2001.29.25806 Two women with babies dancing among a group of men
Gautscha
Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around seated women, with one woman dancing with a baby in her kaross
2001.29.5744 Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around seated women, with one woman dancing with a baby in her kaross
Gautscha
Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around a circle of women, with a woman dancing holding a baby in her kaross
2001.29.5750 Dance: Group of men performing a curing dance around a circle of women, with a woman dancing holding a baby in her kaross
Gautscha