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N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle"
N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle"
Object Number 2001.29.297
Display Title N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle"
Descriptions
Object Description N≠isa, with hair ornaments, playing cat’s cradle, 1953. Photograph probably by Anneliese Scherz.
Subject
  • Game
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
"Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30707 "Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30707.1 "Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30707.2 "Cats cradle": N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle"
2001.29.25902 N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle"
Gautscha
N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle"
2001.29.25901 N≠isa wearing many hair ornaments, making a "cat's cradle"
Gautscha
"Cats cradle": Girl holding a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30708.1 "Cats cradle": Girl holding a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Cats cradle": Two girls sitting in front of a skerm, one is making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.564 "Cats cradle": Two girls sitting in front of a skerm, one is making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay ("/Qui Navel's" wife) making a "cat's cradle" as she sits in front of the expedition truck's tire with unidentified children around her; Di!ai is sitting to the right (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31151 [No folder title]: //Kushay ("/Qui Navel's" wife) making a "cat's cradle" as she sits in front of the expedition truck's tire with unidentified children around her; Di!ai is sitting to the right (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
//Kushay ("/Qui Navel's" wife) making a "cat's cradle" as she sits in front of the expedition truck's tire with unidentified children around her; Di!ai is sitting to the right
2001.29.22905 //Kushay ("/Qui Navel's" wife) making a "cat's cradle" as she sits in front of the expedition truck's tire with unidentified children around her; Di!ai is sitting to the right
Nama Pan
Children, Toys: ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka, wife of "/Gao Music") making a "cat's cradle," sitting in front of a skerm with ≠Gisa
2001.29.1453 Children, Toys: ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka, wife of "/Gao Music") making a "cat's cradle," sitting in front of a skerm with ≠Gisa
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Cats cradle": Girl holding a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30708 "Cats cradle": Girl holding a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Cats cradle": Two girls sitting in front of a skerm, one is making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.564.1 "Cats cradle": Two girls sitting in front of a skerm, one is making a "cat's cradle" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha