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"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb (print is a cropped image)
"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.28850
Display Title "Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb (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: 20.32 × 16.51 cm (8 × 6 1/2 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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"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28851 "Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28852 "Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
2001.29.22984 "Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
2001.29.22985 "Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
2001.29.22987 "Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
2001.29.22986 "Old Gau" in a tree chopping a tree limb
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: //Ao, son-in-law of "Old /Gaishay," chopping a dead tree with an axe (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30107 [No folder title]: //Ao, son-in-law of "Old /Gaishay," chopping a dead tree with an axe (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Ao, son-in-law of "Old /Gaishay," chopping a dead tree with an axe (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25634.1 //Ao, son-in-law of "Old /Gaishay," chopping a dead tree with an axe (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Ao, son-in-law of "Old /Gaishay," chopping a dead tree with an axe (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25634 //Ao, son-in-law of "Old /Gaishay," chopping a dead tree with an axe (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28860 Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Music": "≠Gao Lame" and /Gishay (son of "old Gau") in Western clothing, leaning against a truck (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30759 "Music": "≠Gao Lame" and /Gishay (son of "old Gau") in Western clothing, leaning against a truck (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "Old Gau" carrying a quiver, bow and spear (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31084 [No folder title]: "Old Gau" carrying a quiver, bow and spear (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan