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Portraits: "Old Gau"
Object Number 2001.29.2089
Display Title Portraits: "Old Gau"
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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Portraits: "Old Gau"
2001.29.2088 Portraits: "Old Gau"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old Gau" sitting and scraping something with a knife
2001.29.2092 Portraits: "Old Gau" sitting and scraping something with a knife
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old /Gasa" with her head shaved, sitting with two other people in front of Gau's skerm
2001.29.2097 Portraits: "Old /Gasa" with her head shaved, sitting with two other people in front of Gau's skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old Gau" lying down
2001.29.3122 Portraits: "Old Gau" lying down
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old Gau," profile
2001.29.3121 Portraits: "Old Gau," profile
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old Gau" lying down
2001.29.3130 Portraits: "Old Gau" lying down
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: Gau
2001.29.2099 Portraits: Gau
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: Gau (copy of slide 7D-216)
2001.29.13077 Portraits: Gau (copy of slide 7D-216)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old /Gishay" sitting next to the ashes of a fire, with a wooden container on the ground next to him; he is scraping the ashes with something
2001.29.2106 Portraits: "Old /Gishay" sitting next to the ashes of a fire, with a wooden container on the ground next to him; he is scraping the ashes with something
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old ≠Toma," profile
2001.29.2091 Portraits: "Old ≠Toma," profile
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old Demi" standing and holding an adze over his shoulder
2001.29.2108 Portraits: "Old Demi" standing and holding an adze over his shoulder
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: "Old ≠Toma"
2001.29.2101 Portraits: "Old ≠Toma"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy