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"/Gao Music" going into trance at a day time dance, being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma
"/Gao Music" going into trance at a day time dance, being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma
Object Number 2001.29.26095
Display Title "/Gao Music" going into trance at a day time dance, being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Daytime dance at Gautscha / 1952 / Women dancing / 1952-3 224-5"
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 20.5 cm (5 × 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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Dance: "/Gao Music" going into trance at a daytime dance, being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma
2001.29.1620 Dance: "/Gao Music" going into trance at a daytime dance, being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting at a daytime dance, with "/Gao Music" being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of !Naishi)
2001.29.1617 Dance: Line of men dancing counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting at a daytime dance, with "/Gao Music" being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around a group of women sitting at a daytime dance, with "/Gao Music" being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of !Naishi) (half of stereo 2001.29.5752)
2001.29.1619 Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around a group of women sitting at a daytime dance, with "/Gao Music" being held by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of !Naishi) (half of stereo 2001.29.5752)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: "/Qui Hunter" in trance, lying under a tree at a daytime dance, with "Old ≠Toma" beside him (half of stereo 2001.29.5195)
2001.29.1622 Dance: "/Qui Hunter" in trance, lying under a tree at a daytime dance, with "Old ≠Toma" beside him (half of stereo 2001.29.5195)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Men beginning a daytime dance, with Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") going to sit down (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1572 Dance: Men beginning a daytime dance, with Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") going to sit down (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: "Crooked /Qui" leading the men dancing counter-clockwise toward the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance
2001.29.1609 Dance: "Crooked /Qui" leading the men dancing counter-clockwise toward the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Group of dancers sitting and resting under a tree at the end of a daytime dance
2001.29.1625 Dance: Group of dancers sitting and resting under a tree at the end of a daytime dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise through the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance
2001.29.1612 Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise through the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing at a daytime dance, changing direction, with men dancing clockwise and counter-clockwise around a circle of women sitting
2001.29.1603 Dance: Line of men dancing at a daytime dance, changing direction, with men dancing clockwise and counter-clockwise around a circle of women sitting
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Men dancing clockwise around the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, with some men standing, waiting to enter the dance, view from the expedition truck with a wide-angle lens
2001.29.1610 Dance: Men dancing clockwise around the circle of women sitting at a daytime dance, with some men standing, waiting to enter the dance, view from the expedition truck with a wide-angle lens
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the circle of women at a daytime dance, with a woman carrying a baby dancing between !Naishi and Gau (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1615 Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the circle of women at a daytime dance, with a woman carrying a baby dancing between !Naishi and Gau (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: Men dancing counter-clockwise at a daytime dance, beginning to cut through the circle of women sitting
2001.29.1577 Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise at a daytime dance, beginning to cut through the circle of women sitting
Nyae Nyae Conservancy