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Man (possibly "Gao Medicine") imitating Elizabeth Marshall Thomas writing in her notebook with her pen, with "/Gao Lame" and children watching him
Man (possibly "Gao Medicine") imitating Elizabeth Marshall Thomas writing in her notebook with her pen, with "/Gao Lame" and children watching him
Object Number 2001.29.300
Display Title Man (possibly "Gao Medicine") imitating Elizabeth Marshall Thomas writing in her notebook with her pen, with "/Gao Lame" and children watching him
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama Pan
Materials Negative, 35mm
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Berry picking: Man (possibly "Gao Medicine") imitating Elizabeth Marshall Thomas writing in her notebook with her pen, with "/Gao Lame" and children watching him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30227 Berry picking: Man (possibly "Gao Medicine") imitating Elizabeth Marshall Thomas writing in her notebook with her pen, with "/Gao Lame" and children watching him (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"Photos of Children": !U, !Ungka Norna, ≠Toma, /Gaishay sharing a pipe with an unidentified person, "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf, and other unidentified people; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31465 "Photos of Children": !U, !Ungka Norna, ≠Toma, /Gaishay sharing a pipe with an unidentified person, "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf, and other unidentified people; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
!U, !Ungka Norna, ≠Toma, /Gaishay sharing a pipe with an unidentified person, "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf, and other unidentified people; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
2001.29.22209 !U, !Ungka Norna, ≠Toma, /Gaishay sharing a pipe with an unidentified person, "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf, and other unidentified people; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
Nama Pan
"Photos of Children": Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31453 "Photos of Children": Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
2001.29.22201 Unidentified person and Bau, who is playing with a digging stick to the left, Debe watching /Gaishay cut a piece of meat with a knife, and /Naoka looking through "Gao Medicine's" hair for lice; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
Nama Pan
"Photos of Children": !U, !Unkga Norna playing with a digging stick, ≠Toma, /Gaishay (Toma and ≠U's son) to the left, Tsamgao standing behind !Unkga Norna, their grandmother in the background, and "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31464 "Photos of Children": !U, !Unkga Norna playing with a digging stick, ≠Toma, /Gaishay (Toma and ≠U's son) to the left, Tsamgao standing behind !Unkga Norna, their grandmother in the background, and "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
!U, !Unkga Norna playing with a digging stick, ≠Toma, /Gaishay (Toma and ≠U's son) to the left, Tsamgao standing behind !Unkga Norna, their grandmother in the background, and "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
2001.29.22208 !U, !Unkga Norna playing with a digging stick, ≠Toma, /Gaishay (Toma and ≠U's son) to the left, Tsamgao standing behind !Unkga Norna, their grandmother in the background, and "Gao Lame" wearing a headscarf; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study
Nama Pan
"Photos of Children": !Ungka Norna watching /Gaishay and Bau sharing food, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas taking notes, and other unidentified people; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31462 "Photos of Children": !Ungka Norna watching /Gaishay and Bau sharing food, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas taking notes, and other unidentified people; part of Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's child study (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
/Naoka imitating a medicine man, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sitting near her and laughing
2001.29.21917 /Naoka imitating a medicine man, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sitting near her and laughing
Nama Pan
/Naoka imitating a medicine man, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sitting near her and laughing
2001.29.611 /Naoka imitating a medicine man, and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas sitting near her and laughing
Nama Pan
Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
2001.29.22093 Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
Nama Pan
"The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31426 "The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan