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Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
Object Number 2001.29.1360
Display Title Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1362 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1361 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something in a mortar, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay), !U, !Ungka Norna and another child (copy of slide 7A-97)
2001.29.11911 Children, Mothers: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something in a mortar, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay), !U, !Ungka Norna and another child (copy of slide 7A-97)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: N!ai with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut) tied to her back, with Bau (daughter of "Crooked /Qui") and //Khuga next to her
2001.29.1358 Children, Mothers nursing babies: N!ai with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut) tied to her back, with Bau (daughter of "Crooked /Qui") and //Khuga next to her
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
"/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
2001.29.14870 "/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
Gautscha
"/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
2001.29.14869 "/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
Gautscha
Children, Mothers nursing babies: /Gasa (wife of /Qui, brother of Gao, headman of Band 2) with her child, //Kushay
2001.29.1359 Children, Mothers nursing babies: /Gasa (wife of /Qui, brother of Gao, headman of Band 2) with her child, //Kushay
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: Woman with scarification leaning against a skerm, nursing a child; showing belongings in bags, baby's haircut and sinew wrapped around body
2001.29.1375 Children, Mothers nursing babies: Woman with scarification leaning against a skerm, nursing a child; showing belongings in bags, baby's haircut and sinew wrapped around body
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: Bau (wife of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10) holding her daughter, !Ungka
2001.29.1372 Children, Mothers nursing babies: Bau (wife of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10) holding her daughter, !Ungka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine") lying down, with her daughter, /Goishay (wife of ≠Gao, headman of Band 3) and other women sitting next to her
2001.29.3035 Groups, Extended Family: Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine") lying down, with her daughter, /Goishay (wife of ≠Gao, headman of Band 3) and other women sitting next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) about to nurse two babies, !Ungka Norna and her own daughter, Sa≠gai
2001.29.1378 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) about to nurse two babies, !Ungka Norna and her own daughter, Sa≠gai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy