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Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person
Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person
Object Number 2001.29.2170
Display Title Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person, close-up
2001.29.2171 Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Kushay delousing another person's head
2001.29.22344 //Kushay delousing another person's head
Nama Pan
//Kushay delousing another person's head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28410 //Kushay delousing another person's head (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Children, Music: /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) playing the //guashi, with N!ai and another girl sitting behind him delousing a third girl
2001.29.2928 Children, Music: /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) playing the //guashi, with N!ai and another girl sitting behind him delousing a third girl
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
2001.29.11899.2 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
2001.29.11899.1 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
2001.29.1343 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka beginning to cut !Ungka Norna's hair, with N!ai sitting beside them holding Sa≠gai and looking for lice in her hair
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Little N!ai" delousing a child
2001.29.14122 Little N!ai" delousing a child
Gautscha
Children, Dancing: //Kushay (wife of /Qui) with a baby tied to her back, dancing with a group of children, including N!ai, "Little ≠Gao" and /Gaishay
2001.29.31997 Children, Dancing: //Kushay (wife of /Qui) with a baby tied to her back, dancing with a group of children, including N!ai, "Little ≠Gao" and /Gaishay
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Grooming & haircuts": "Little N!ai" delousing a child (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30711 "Grooming & haircuts": "Little N!ai" delousing a child (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Walking: !U, "Little N!ai," ≠Nisa ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), //Kushay carrying "Little ≠Gao," !Ungka and //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter) walking in a line
2001.29.391 Walking: !U, "Little N!ai," ≠Nisa ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), //Kushay carrying "Little ≠Gao," !Ungka and //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter) walking in a line
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: //Kushay sitting, resting her legs on a stamping bowl, with "Little ≠Gao" standing and N!ai sitting next to her
2001.29.1876 Groups: //Kushay sitting, resting her legs on a stamping bowl, with "Little ≠Gao" standing and N!ai sitting next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy