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"The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
"The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31403
Display Title "The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on note stapled to paper: "212-5 / !Kung boys / peeling sticks / to toss the / jani bird / Cf 309-7 / Published in / Natural History / p. 382"; written on note found with print: "Also 161-6 / 131-7 / negative bad? / was a new one made."
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
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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"The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31403.1 "The Jani [Djani]": Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy)
2001.29.26036 Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy)
Gautscha
Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy)
2001.29.14625 Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma), and one of Gau's sons from Band 2 peeling sticks with which to toss the djani (helicopter toy)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30147 [No folder title]: Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31404 "The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The Jani [Djani]": Djani bird (helicopter toy) and its stick and a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31406 "The Jani [Djani]": Djani bird (helicopter toy) and its stick and a ruler for measurement (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31404.1 "The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31404.2 "The Jani [Djani]": Boys throwing a djani (helicopter toy) into the air (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The Jani [Djani]": Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31405 "The Jani [Djani]": Ju/'hoan boy squatting with djani bird (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Toys: /Gunda playing the djani (helicopter toy) game in a dance circle area, catching the djani with his stick
2001.29.1478 Children, Toys: /Gunda playing the djani (helicopter toy) game in a dance circle area, catching the djani with his stick
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Djani": //kwai≠kabe holding a jani bird toy (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31388.1 "Djani": //kwai≠kabe holding a jani bird toy (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"Djani": //kwai≠kabe holding a jani bird toy (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31388 "Djani": //kwai≠kabe holding a jani bird toy (helicopter toy) (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan