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Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" tasting the broth he is cooking, two boys standing, /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, and Be (Gau's first wife)
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" tasting the broth he is cooking, two boys standing, /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, and Be (Gau's first wife)
Object Number 2001.29.1867
Display Title Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" tasting the broth he is cooking, two boys standing, /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, and Be (Gau's first wife)
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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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
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (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)
2001.29.1864 Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (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
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (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)
2001.29.1863 Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (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
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (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)
2001.29.1865 Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (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
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including two boys standing, /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head and Be (Gau's first wife)
2001.29.1862 Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including two boys standing, /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head and Be (Gau's first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1866 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Digging for roots: Group of people sitting in front of Gau's (of Band 2) skerm, including /Gasa, //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30209 Digging for roots: Group of people sitting in front of Gau's (of Band 2) skerm, including /Gasa, //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1926 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1925 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1928 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1930 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1934 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy