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//Guashi showing how sounding board is affixed to main body of instrument (print is a cropped image)
//Guashi showing how sounding board is affixed to main body of instrument (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.28464
Display Title //Guashi showing how sounding board is affixed to main body of instrument (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 13.8113 × 20.1613 cm (5 7/16 × 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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//Guashi showing how sounding board is affixed to main body of instrument
2001.29.22402 //Guashi showing how sounding board is affixed to main body of instrument
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Gao Music" tuning a //guashi and showing how to twist stick (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28472 "/Gao Music" tuning a //guashi and showing how to twist stick (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Guashi showing how the strings are wound around the sticks (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28460 //Guashi showing how the strings are wound around the sticks (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Guashi showing thong for carrying (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28465 //Guashi showing thong for carrying (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Snare showing how bait is attached to noose and how it will release noose, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27666 Snare showing how bait is attached to noose and how it will release noose, close-up (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, showing thumbs on strings (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28473 "/Gao Music" playing the //guashi, showing thumbs on strings (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28462 //Guashi showing the sticks to which strings are tied (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Guashi showing place where strings are inserted in grooves (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28461 //Guashi showing place where strings are inserted in grooves (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Naishi and //Ao making a //guashi, with //Ao carving a hollowed log, !Naishi carving the sounding board
2001.29.17334 !Naishi and //Ao making a //guashi, with //Ao carving a hollowed log, !Naishi carving the sounding board
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Music": "/Gao Music" sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30756 "Music": "/Gao Music" sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Musical instrument with sounding board and iron keys
98-3-50/51326 Musical instrument with sounding board and iron keys
Percussion
Africa
Di!ai showing her son, Debe, how to hold a toy bow and arrow (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28738 Di!ai showing her son, Debe, how to hold a toy bow and arrow (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy