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Debe (headman of Band 4) sitting with members of his band under a tree
Debe (headman of Band 4) sitting with members of his band under a tree
Object Number 2001.29.48
Display Title Debe (headman of Band 4) sitting with members of his band under a tree
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "/gam Group IV Aug 23 1952 / Debe & group under their tree."
Department Photographic
Date August 23, 1952
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / <County> / /Gam
Materials Polaroid
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 12.3825 cm (3 1/4 × 4 7/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Debe (headman of Band 4) sitting with his wife, /Gasa, in front of a skerm
2001.29.49 Debe (headman of Band 4) sitting with his wife, /Gasa, in front of a skerm
/Gam
Image Not Available for Group of men including ≠Toma, Debe (headman of Band 4), /Ti!kay and "/Gao Interpreter" standing with Frederick Geib, interpreter for the expedition
2001.29.43 Group of men including ≠Toma, Debe (headman of Band 4), /Ti!kay and "/Gao Interpreter" standing with Frederick Geib, interpreter for the expedition
/Gam
//Ao, //Guse, Guga and Di!ai sitting under a tree
2001.29.45 //Ao, //Guse, Guga and Di!ai sitting under a tree
/Gam
Large group of people sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft, including his father, Khuan//a (his sister) and her husband //Ao, and members of Band 4 ("Old /Gaishay's" band) visiting
2001.29.14033 Large group of people sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft, including his father, Khuan//a (his sister) and her husband //Ao, and members of Band 4 ("Old /Gaishay's" band) visiting
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Large group of people sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft, including his father, Khuan//a (his sister) and her husband //Ao, and members of Band 4 ("Old /Gaishay's" band) visiting (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30152 [No folder title]: Large group of people sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft, including his father, Khuan//a (his sister) and her husband //Ao, and members of Band 4 ("Old /Gaishay's" band) visiting (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
2001.29.389.1 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
2001.29.389.2 Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Xama, Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ana) and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet")
Gautscha
Image Not Available for "Firemaking": ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" making a fire, with ≠Gao twirling the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick, steadying it with his digging stick and his foot (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30463.1 "Firemaking": ≠Gao (headman of Band 3) and "/Qui Hunter" making a fire, with ≠Gao twirling the "male" stick in the notch of the "female" stick, steadying it with his digging stick and his foot (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30907 [No folder title]: Group of people sitting in front of a skerm and telling stories, including Zuma (daughter of "Old Xama," wife of Gao), Gao (son of Debe, headman of Band 24 in Cho/ama), and /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet") (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30022 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: "Gao Hunchback" with his hand to his face, sitting with the members of his band (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30070 [No folder title]: "Gao Hunchback" with his hand to his face, sitting with the members of his band (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet" making an assegai head in his werft, with members of his band sitting around him
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Gautscha