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"Gao Beard" working, with a stone anvil on the ground in front of him (print is a cropped image)
"Gao Beard" working, with a stone anvil on the ground in front of him (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.26097
Display Title "Gao Beard" working, with a stone anvil on the ground in front of him (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Gao Beard" / "Exp III 224-11" / "print by A. Scherz"
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: 12.1 × 17.2 cm (4 3/4 × 6 3/4 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 Beard" working, with a stone anvil on the ground in front of him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26096 "Gao Beard" working, with a stone anvil on the ground in front of him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Arrows: Man working, with a stone anvil on the ground in front of him
2001.29.2789 Arrows: Man working, with a stone anvil on the ground in front of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30399 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30398.2 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30398 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30398.1 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" sitting and applying poison to arrows (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Arrow: ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-Gasa) working, probably on an arrow point, with an Ovambo pot and assegai on the ground near him
2001.29.1283 Arrow: ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-Gasa) working, probably on an arrow point, with an Ovambo pot and assegai on the ground near him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: "Gao Medicine" cracking mangetti nuts on a rock with a stick and a man with a bow sitting next to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30203 Digging for roots: "Gao Medicine" cracking mangetti nuts on a rock with a stick and a man with a bow sitting next to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Food, Meat: "Gao Medicine" cutting up meat for distribution, with ≠Toma and other people sitting behind him
2001.29.3000 Food, Meat: "Gao Medicine" cutting up meat for distribution, with ≠Toma and other people sitting behind him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Meat sharing": "Gao Medicine" bringing a quarter of meat in meat distribution to a group of people sitting in front of a skerm, including "Old ≠Toma" sitting in the middle of the group (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30729 "Meat sharing": "Gao Medicine" bringing a quarter of meat in meat distribution to a group of people sitting in front of a skerm, including "Old ≠Toma" sitting in the middle of the group (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Dance: /Gaishay imitating a medicine man in trance, with "Little ≠Gao" on top of him
2001.29.2907 Children, Dance: /Gaishay imitating a medicine man in trance, with "Little ≠Gao" on top of him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Meat: "Gao Medicine" cutting up meat for distribution, with ≠Toma and other people sitting behind him
2001.29.2999 Food, Meat: "Gao Medicine" cutting up meat for distribution, with ≠Toma and other people sitting behind him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy