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"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance (print is a cropped image)
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30508
Display Title "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on note stapled to paper: "Note that / there are / two prints / of 108-11 / This one has / not been / cropped and / enlarged. The other / has been"
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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 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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"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30508.2 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30508.1 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance
2001.29.14300 Stage of a dance in which the men are dancing, before the medicine men are in trance
Gautscha
Group of men dancing; medicine men not yet in trance
2001.29.25817 Group of men dancing; medicine men not yet in trance
Gautscha
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men in a circle around a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30506 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men in a circle around a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"/Gao Music" going into a trance during a curing dance, with other men supporting him, women sitting and clapping next to them
2001.29.289 "/Gao Music" going into a trance during a curing dance, with other men supporting him, women sitting and clapping next to them
Gautscha
Dance: Line of men dancing at a daytime dance split and going two directions, with /Gam dancing clockwise and Gau counter-clockwise while he holds the arm of a man who may be going into trance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1590 Dance: Line of men dancing at a daytime dance split and going two directions, with /Gam dancing clockwise and Gau counter-clockwise while he holds the arm of a man who may be going into trance (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 around the women at a daytime dance, with "Old /Naishi" in the center wearing a fur cap; the circle of women sitting and clapping has not yet been opened to let the men dance through
2001.29.1573 Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise around the women at a daytime dance, with "Old /Naishi" in the center wearing a fur cap; the circle of women sitting and clapping has not yet been opened to let the men dance through
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise around a circle of women sitting and clapping at a daytime dance, with a little boy dancing with them and a young man entering with dancing step
2001.29.1574 Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise around a circle of women sitting and clapping at a daytime dance, with a little boy dancing with them and a young man entering with dancing step
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men in a circle around a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30506.4 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men in a circle around a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men near a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30507 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men near a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men in a circle around a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30506.2 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": Woman dancing with a group of men in a circle around a group of women sitting, in an early stage of a dance (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha