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Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems (print is a cropped image)
Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.27690
Display Title Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O Pan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.1613 cm (6 1/2 × 7 15/16 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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Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems
2001.29.21430 Tsekue seated, making rhythmic sounds with grass stems
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27680 Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings
2001.29.21420 Tsekue making musical sounds and rhythms using stiff grass, with Daniel Blitz and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas preparing to set up synchronized sound recordings
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue with N!whakwe on her back in the grass (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27125 Tsekue with N!whakwe on her back in the grass (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"The 1955 study of groups with children": Werft with a group of people under trees, their belongings hanging in the branches; expedition tents in the background, the sound equipment tent on the right (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31432 "The 1955 study of groups with children": Werft with a group of people under trees, their belongings hanging in the branches; expedition tents in the background, the sound equipment tent on the right (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Laurence Marshall shaking hands with Tsekue, !Gai sitting beside Tsekue (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26912 Laurence Marshall shaking hands with Tsekue, !Gai sitting beside Tsekue (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
Expedition members recording sound synchronized films at a werft (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.588 Expedition members recording sound synchronized films at a werft (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Dasi!na, /Gaiamakwe, N!whakwe, Tsekue, !Oukabe, and another person sitting (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26785 Dasi!na, /Gaiamakwe, N!whakwe, Tsekue, !Oukabe, and another person sitting (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
N!whakwe standing on his mother Tsekue's shoulder to look over the grass to see what was making noise (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31925 N!whakwe standing on his mother Tsekue's shoulder to look over the grass to see what was making noise (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue sitting in her living place in the werft, with N!whakwe near her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27191 Tsekue sitting in her living place in the werft, with N!whakwe near her (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai sitting, Tsekue opening a tsama melon, and N!whakwe walking (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26906 !Gai sitting, Tsekue opening a tsama melon, and N!whakwe walking (print is a cropped image)
/Gau /U Pan
/Twikwe, DaSi!Na, and Tsekue carrying N!whakwe, walking in grass; William Donnelan taking a photo (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27126 /Twikwe, DaSi!Na, and Tsekue carrying N!whakwe, walking in grass; William Donnelan taking a photo (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan