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"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
Object Number 2001.29.26185
Display Title "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 12.3825 cm (4 × 4 7/8 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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"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
2001.29.14867 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, with skerms in the background
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, close-up
2001.29.14866 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick, close-up
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
2001.29.26184 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
Gautscha
Hunters walking, standing: "Gao Medicine" applying poison with a stick to the shaft of an arrow (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30306 Hunters walking, standing: "Gao Medicine" applying poison with a stick to the shaft of an arrow (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
2001.29.14865 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to the shaft of an arrow with a stick
Gautscha
Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
2001.29.25103 Top: Man and boy returning to werft from a waterhole, skerms in the background; bottom: "Gao Helmet" hammering and shaping an assegai blade with a piece of metal, with his second wife, //Kushay, sitting beside him, and "Old ≠Toma" behind him
Gautscha
Werft: Group of people sitting in Xama's living place, distant view, with skerms and "Gao Helmet's" tree in the background
2001.29.3187 Werft: Group of people sitting in Xama's living place, distant view, with skerms and "Gao Helmet's" tree in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30401 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows, stirring poison in a little dish made from the knee joint of an animal
2001.29.26183 "Gao Medicine" applying poison to arrows, stirring poison in a little dish made from the knee joint of an animal
Gautscha
/Xoxa, /Gaishay, and /'O/hei/ performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with other people and skerms in the background
2001.29.8476 /Xoxa, /Gaishay, and /'O/hei/ performing a curing dance around a group of women sitting in a circle, with other people and skerms in the background
!Go Tsao
"Gao Medicine" sitting in front of his skerm and next to his possessions, including rattles, oracle disks, an Ovambo pot, ostrich egg shells, quiver, and cord
2001.29.13600 "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of his skerm and next to his possessions, including rattles, oracle disks, an Ovambo pot, ostrich egg shells, quiver, and cord
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Helmet" and two other men working on arrows, applying poison from a little bone dish
2001.29.26190 "Gao Helmet" and two other men working on arrows, applying poison from a little bone dish
Gautscha