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Food, Cooking: "Old /Gasa" cooking the head of an animal in a pit, with one of her grandsons (≠Gao or ≠Toma, Gau's sons) sitting beside her
Food, Cooking: "Old /Gasa" cooking the head of an animal in a pit, with one of her grandsons (≠Gao or ≠Toma, Gau's sons) sitting beside her
Object Number 2001.29.1649
Display Title Food, Cooking: "Old /Gasa" cooking the head of an animal in a pit, with one of her grandsons (≠Gao or ≠Toma, Gau's sons) sitting beside her
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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"Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
2001.29.14043 "Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25664 "Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gasa standing, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) sitting by the fire behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25665 /Gasa standing, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) sitting by the fire behind her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gasa standing, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) sitting by the fire behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25665.1 /Gasa standing, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) sitting by the fire behind her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" cooking (inside the skerm), "Old Gau" squatting by the entrance, //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a), and Be (Gau's first wife)
2001.29.1858 Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" cooking (inside the skerm), "Old Gau" squatting by the entrance, //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a), and Be (Gau's first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old /Gasa" standing, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) sitting by the fire behind her
2001.29.14044 "Old /Gasa" standing, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) sitting by the fire behind her
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her
2001.29.23273 "Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29056 "Old /Gasa" sitting, legs straight out, pounding something with mortar and pestle; her grandson sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
2001.29.14048 "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
Gautscha
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
2001.29.2010 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
Gautscha
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
2001.29.2001 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4)
Gautscha
Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4), view from behind the women
2001.29.2003 Marriage: N!ai and /Gunda sitting with guests in front of their skerm the day after their wedding, including ≠Gao and ≠Toma (Gau's sons), Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), "Little N!ai," Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet") and ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and / Khwo//o-/Gasa in Band 4), view from behind the women
Gautscha