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Children, Norna: People participating in a haircutting ceremony, including !U with !Ungka Norna and !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) with her daughter Sa≠gai
Children, Norna: People participating in a haircutting ceremony, including !U with !Ungka Norna and !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) with her daughter Sa≠gai
Object Number 2001.29.1517
Display Title Children, Norna: People participating in a haircutting ceremony, including !U with !Ungka Norna and !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) with her daughter Sa≠gai
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Ceremony, Choa [Haircutting]: !Ungka (daughter of "Old Gau") and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) putting tsi in a pot to boil on the fire for a haircutting ceremony for !Ungka Norna, with Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), Sa≠gai (!Ungka's daughter)
2001.29.1341 Ceremony, Choa [Haircutting]: !Ungka (daughter of "Old Gau") and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) putting tsi in a pot to boil on the fire for a haircutting ceremony for !Ungka Norna, with Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), Sa≠gai (!Ungka's daughter)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
2001.29.2828 Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, close-up of !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
2001.29.2829 Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, close-up of !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
2001.29.11899.2 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
2001.29.11899.1 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
2001.29.1343 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mother and children: Group of people participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding Sa≠gai and !Ungka Norna, who is crying
2001.29.2832 Children, Mother and children: Group of people participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding Sa≠gai and !Ungka Norna, who is crying
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!U holding !Ungka Norna on her knee, sitting with ≠Toma's sister and her baby daughter, Sa≠gai, next to a skerm
2001.29.14814 !U holding !Ungka Norna on her knee, sitting with ≠Toma's sister and her baby daughter, Sa≠gai, next to a skerm
Gautscha
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of Toma) sitting, with her daughter, Sa≠gai, and !Ungka Norna standing next to her; aloes in the background
2001.29.1380 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of Toma) sitting, with her daughter, Sa≠gai, and !Ungka Norna standing next to her; aloes in the background
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
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna after her haircut, sitting with N!ai, Sa≠gai and an unidentified woman
2001.29.1344 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna after her haircut, sitting with N!ai, Sa≠gai and an unidentified woman
Nyae Nyae Conservancy