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Groups: People sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire; showing ant hill, N!ai and /Gunda's wedding skerm, and a tree in a dance circle in the background
Groups: People sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire; showing ant hill, N!ai and /Gunda's wedding skerm, and a tree in a dance circle in the background
Object Number 2001.29.1859
Display Title Groups: People sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire; showing ant hill, N!ai and /Gunda's wedding skerm, and a tree in a dance circle in the background
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Di!ai (left, leaning forward), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
2001.29.1860 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Di!ai (left, leaning forward), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
2001.29.1861 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
2001.29.1878 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) drinking from an ostrich eggshell, and Be and Khuan//a together behind them
2001.29.1857 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) drinking from an ostrich eggshell, and Be and Khuan//a together behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
2001.29.1879 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
2001.29.1906 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
2001.29.1905 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
2001.29.3039 Groups, Extended Family: Three people sitting by the ashes of a fire underneath a tree, with "Gao /Helmet's" skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: !U crouching by the ashes of a fire, holding !Ungka Norna, and N!ai standing near them, with ≠Toma's werft in the background
2001.29.1875 Groups: !U crouching by the ashes of a fire, holding !Ungka Norna, and N!ai standing near them, with ≠Toma's werft in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Men: Group of people sitting by ashes of fire, with one wearing western clothes
2001.29.5870 Groups, Men: Group of people sitting by ashes of fire, with one wearing western clothes
Gautscha
Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
2001.29.3063 Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around ashes of fire, with a man working in the background
2001.29.5840 Groups: Group of people sitting around ashes of fire, with a man working in the background
Gautscha