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//Oshay and a woman at his skerm, him playing the setingkane squatting with all the instruments in view, drum rattles hanging
//Oshay and a woman at his skerm, him playing the setingkane squatting with all the instruments in view, drum rattles hanging
Object Number 2001.29.29625
Display Title //Oshay and a woman at his skerm, him playing the setingkane squatting with all the instruments in view, drum rattles hanging
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1961
Culture
  • !Xóõ
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ngamiland (North West) / Cgae Cgae Tlhabologo Trust / Gwia
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 12.3825 cm (4 × 4 7/8 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
//Oshay and a woman at his skerm, him playing the setingkane squatting with all the instruments in view, drum rattles hanging
2001.29.24193 //Oshay and a woman at his skerm, him playing the setingkane squatting with all the instruments in view, drum rattles hanging
Gwia
//Oshay and a woman at his skerm, him playing the setingkane squatting with all the instruments in view, drum rattles hanging
2001.29.24194 //Oshay and a woman at his skerm, him playing the setingkane squatting with all the instruments in view, drum rattles hanging
Gwia
//Oshay and /Qui, holding a feather, standing next to each other, seen from behind (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29645 //Oshay and /Qui, holding a feather, standing next to each other, seen from behind (print is a cropped image)
Gwia
//Cshay holding a setingkane on a resonator
2001.29.29617 //Cshay holding a setingkane on a resonator
Gwia
//Cshay holding a setingkane on a resonator
2001.29.29615 //Cshay holding a setingkane on a resonator
Gwia
//Cshay holding a setingkane on a resonator
2001.29.29616 //Cshay holding a setingkane on a resonator
Gwia
Man squatting, aiding a man lying on the ground in trance at the beginning of a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay wearing dance rattles, standing near them, a camera tripod and skerm in the background
2001.29.16721 Man squatting, aiding a man lying on the ground in trance at the beginning of a daytime dance, with /Ti!kay wearing dance rattles, standing near them, a camera tripod and skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
2001.29.16674 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
2001.29.16673 Man cutting strips of a dried hide, sitting inside a skerm with a girl, dance rattles hanging inside the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Media Restricted
 		2001.29.7988 //Oshay being rubbed with tsi at the end of the Eland Dance, //Kushay and other women sitting behind her
Gwia
//Oshay and /Qui, holding a feather, standing next to each other, seen from behind
2001.29.24234 //Oshay and /Qui, holding a feather, standing next to each other, seen from behind
Gwia
Media Restricted
 		2001.29.7986 //Kushay and other women performing the Eland Dance with beads hanging from their karosses (as is custom in the real ceremony and dance), seen in front of skerm where //Oshay is sitting
Gwia