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Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Object Number 2001.29.366.1
Display Title Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "131-5"; stamped on photograph (verso): "PLEASE RETURN / TO / L. K. Marshall / 4 BRYANT ST. / CAMBRIDGE. MASS."
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
Dimensions Overall: 20.4 × 12.7 cm (8 1/16 × 5 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
2001.29.32705 Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Gautscha
Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
2001.29.366 Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Gautscha
Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
2001.29.14353 Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Gautscha
Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
2001.29.32704 Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Gautscha
Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
2004.24.31463 Men dancing around a circle of women sitting, with "/Gao Music" falling in trance, supported by "Crooked /Qui" and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi of Band 5)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30885 [No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Scraping hides, working on hides": Group of men working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3), including !Naishi (brother of /Goishay) using sinew to bind the end of an arrow shaft, "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, and "/Qui Navel" putting poison on an arrow shaft (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30396 "Scraping hides, working on hides": Group of men working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3), including !Naishi (brother of /Goishay) using sinew to bind the end of an arrow shaft, "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, and "/Qui Navel" putting poison on an arrow shaft (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine"), Bau (daughter of "Crooked /Qui" and //Khuga), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) dancing a medicine dance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25687 /Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine"), Bau (daughter of "Crooked /Qui" and //Khuga), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) dancing a medicine dance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of people dancing, with "/Gao Music" in a trance and being held by ≠Toma, and //Khuga (wife of Naishi of Band 5) dancing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30165 [No folder title]: Group of people dancing, with "/Gao Music" in a trance and being held by ≠Toma, and //Khuga (wife of Naishi of Band 5) dancing (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of people dancing, with "/Gao Music" in a trance and being held by ≠Toma, and //Khuga (wife of Naishi of Band 5) dancing
2001.29.14355 Group of people dancing, with "/Gao Music" in a trance and being held by ≠Toma, and //Khuga (wife of Naishi of Band 5) dancing
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Crooked /Qui" and three other men digging for poison beetles (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30293 [No folder title]: "Crooked /Qui" and three other men digging for poison beetles (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of Ju/'hoansi dancing; "/Gao Music" in trance
2001.29.25858 Group of Ju/'hoansi dancing; "/Gao Music" in trance
Gautscha