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!Ungka wearing a safety pin in her ear, sitting and nursing a baby
!Ungka wearing a safety pin in her ear, sitting and nursing a baby
Object Number 2001.29.885
Display Title !Ungka wearing a safety pin in her ear, sitting and nursing a baby
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition VI b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Artist Robert C. Gesteland
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 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
!Ungka wearing a safety pin in her hear, sitting, nursing a baby, looking over her shoulder, with a skerm in the background
2001.29.15098 !Ungka wearing a safety pin in her hear, sitting, nursing a baby, looking over her shoulder, with a skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Ungka sitting inside a skerm, nursing a baby, with a child sitting next to her and Di!ai sitting outside
2001.29.32624 !Ungka sitting inside a skerm, nursing a baby, with a child sitting next to her and Di!ai sitting outside
Tsumkwe
≠Gisa nursing a baby who is sitting on Kernel Ledimo's lap
2001.29.15156 ≠Gisa nursing a baby who is sitting on Kernel Ledimo's lap
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Ungka sitting, nursing her baby
2001.29.15205 !Ungka sitting, nursing her baby
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) about to nurse two children, !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut) and her own daughter, Sa≠gai
2001.29.1376 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) about to nurse two children, !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut) and her own daughter, Sa≠gai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Babies nursing": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31283 "Babies nursing": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
!U nursing her baby inside a skerm, with a tin can on the ground next to her
2001.29.15087 !U nursing her baby inside a skerm, with a tin can on the ground next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!U nursing her baby inside a skerm
2001.29.15086 !U nursing her baby inside a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a safety pin in her ear, cutting a piece of ostrich eggshell with a knife, with ≠Toma sitting in the background eating
2001.29.16077 Woman wearing a safety pin in her ear, cutting a piece of ostrich eggshell with a knife, with ≠Toma sitting in the background eating
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Man wearing a safety pin in his ear, applying poison to an arrow shaft
2001.29.16539 Man wearing a safety pin in his ear, applying poison to an arrow shaft
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of !Nai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//kaho (her baby) sitting in the front row (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29272 [No folder title]: Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of !Nai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//kaho (her baby) sitting in the front row (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
2001.29.684 Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
Gautscha