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Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting by a skerm, with a child sitting on her lap nursing
Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting by a skerm, with a child sitting on her lap nursing
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting by a skerm, with a child sitting on her lap nursing
Object Number 2001.29.2821
Display Title Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting by a skerm, with a child sitting on her lap nursing
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1951-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Slide, color
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 × 5.715 cm (2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: ≠Nisa (//Ao's wife) sitting in front of her skerm nursing Khuan//a
2001.29.2809 Children, Mother and children: ≠Nisa (//Ao's wife) sitting in front of her skerm nursing Khuan//a
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) sitting next to a skerm, nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (≠Nisa's daughter) tied in her kaross
2001.29.2833 Children, Mother and children: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) sitting next to a skerm, nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (≠Nisa's daughter) tied in her kaross
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Woman with scarification, wearing blue beads, sitting and nursing a child
2001.29.2842 Children, Mother and children: Woman with scarification, wearing blue beads, sitting and nursing a child
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Group of women and children sitting, including !U holding !Ungka Norna in her lap, Tsamgao and /Gaishay beside her, /Gaishay holding Sa≠gai, //Kushay and !Ungka
2001.29.2827 Children, Mother and children: Group of women and children sitting, including !U holding !Ungka Norna in her lap, Tsamgao and /Gaishay beside her, /Gaishay holding Sa≠gai, //Kushay and !Ungka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) sitting with two other people next to a skerm, nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (≠Nisa's daughter) tied in her kaross
2001.29.2830 Children, Mother and children: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) sitting with two other people next to a skerm, nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (≠Nisa's daughter) tied in her kaross
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: !U sitting by the ashes of her fire, a child standing against her, with a person standing next to her skerm in the background
2001.29.2840 Children, Mother and children: !U sitting by the ashes of her fire, a child standing against her, with a person standing next to her skerm in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Woman wearing fiber bracelets, copper ring on a string of beads in her hair, a triangular ostrich eggshell bead ornament, and sha sha (root used in the choa ceremony), standing and holding a baby
2001.29.2823 Children, Mother and children: Woman wearing fiber bracelets, copper ring on a string of beads in her hair, a triangular ostrich eggshell bead ornament, and sha sha (root used in the choa ceremony), standing and holding a baby
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mothers nursing babies: Gau (of Band 2) sitting with his family by their skerm, left to right: ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), Be, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and her son /Qui, Gunda (son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and !Naishi (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1373 Children, Mothers nursing babies: Gau (of Band 2) sitting with his family by their skerm, left to right: ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), Be, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and her son /Qui, Gunda (son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and !Naishi (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Woman standing, holding a baby
2001.29.2822 Children, Mother and children: Woman standing, holding a baby
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mothers nursing babies: Woman with scarification leaning against a skerm, nursing a child; showing belongings in bags, baby's haircut and sinew wrapped around body
2001.29.1375 Children, Mothers nursing babies: Woman with scarification leaning against a skerm, nursing a child; showing belongings in bags, baby's haircut and sinew wrapped around body
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting inside a skerm, holding a child
2001.29.2825 Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting inside a skerm, holding a child
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1362 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy