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//Ao playing a one-stringed violin with his wife ≠Nisa beside him
//Ao playing a one-stringed violin with his wife ≠Nisa beside him
Object Number 2001.29.25824
Display Title //Ao playing a one-stringed violin with his wife ≠Nisa beside him
Descriptions
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: 16.7 × 20.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 1/16 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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//Ao playing a one-stringed violin with his wife ≠Nisa beside him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25824.1 //Ao playing a one-stringed violin with his wife ≠Nisa beside him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Ao playing the one-stringed violin, sitting with his wife, ≠Nisa
2001.29.14310 //Ao playing the one-stringed violin, sitting with his wife, ≠Nisa
Gautscha
Children, Music: //Ao holding his daughter and a one-stringed "violin," with "Old Gau" standing next to him
2001.29.2947 Children, Music: //Ao holding his daughter and a one-stringed "violin," with "Old Gau" standing next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: //Ao holding his daughter and playing a one-stringed "violin"
2001.29.3088 Music: //Ao holding his daughter and playing a one-stringed "violin"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Music: //Ao holding his daughter and a one-stringed "violin"
2001.29.2946 Children, Music: //Ao holding his daughter and a one-stringed "violin"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Music: //Ao playing a one-stringed instrument and holding his daughter, Khuan//a
2001.29.1541 Children, Music: //Ao playing a one-stringed instrument and holding his daughter, Khuan//a
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma) playing a one-stringed "violin," profile
2001.29.2013 Music: //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma) playing a one-stringed "violin," profile
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma) playing a one-stringed "violin"
2001.29.2012 Music: //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma) playing a one-stringed "violin"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Music: //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma) playing a one-stringed "violin"
2001.29.2014 Music: //Ao (son of "Old ≠Toma) playing a one-stringed "violin"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Family: //Ao, son of Old ≠Toma, and his wife, ≠Nisa, sitting in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29958 Groups, Family: //Ao, son of Old ≠Toma, and his wife, ≠Nisa, sitting in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Ao walking toward his skerm, with ≠Nisa (his wife) holding her baby, sitting in front of the skerm
2001.29.13920 //Ao walking toward his skerm, with ≠Nisa (his wife) holding her baby, sitting in front of the skerm
Gautscha
Groups, Family: //Ao, son of Old ≠Toma, and his wife, ≠Nisa, sitting in front of their skerm with their baby (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29958.1 Groups, Family: //Ao, son of Old ≠Toma, and his wife, ≠Nisa, sitting in front of their skerm with their baby (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha