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Portraits: "Old /Gasa" with her head shaved, sitting with two other people in front of Gau's skerm
Portraits: "Old /Gasa" with her head shaved, sitting with two other people in front of Gau's skerm
Object Number 2001.29.2097
Display Title Portraits: "Old /Gasa" with her head shaved, sitting with two other people in front of Gau's skerm
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" (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: 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" tasting the broth he is cooking, two boys standing, /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, and Be (Gau's first wife)
2001.29.1867 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)
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)
2001.29.1866 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
Groups, Extended Family: "Old /Gam" sitting with ≠Nisa, /Gasa holding a baby and /Naoka holding Khuan//a (≠Nisa's child) in front of Gau's skerm, with a kudu head on the ground next to the skerm
2001.29.1917 Groups, Extended Family: "Old /Gam" sitting with ≠Nisa, /Gasa holding a baby and /Naoka holding Khuan//a (≠Nisa's child) in front of Gau's skerm, with a kudu head on the ground next to the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
2001.29.1649 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
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Band 2, the group visiting /Qui Hunter": Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, including "Old /Gasa," //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), "Little /Qui" and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30029 "Band 2, the group visiting /Qui Hunter": Group of people sitting in front of a skerm, including "Old /Gasa," //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), "Little /Qui" and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": Group of people sitting in front of the skerm of Gau of Band 2, including "Old /Gasa," //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30863 "Living places, shelters": Group of people sitting in front of the skerm of Gau of Band 2, including "Old /Gasa," //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha