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Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, close-up of !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, close-up of !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
Object Number 2001.29.2829
Display Title Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, close-up of !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
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
Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
2001.29.2828 Children, Mother and children: Women participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding !Ungka Norna and Sa≠gai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mother and children: Group of people participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding Sa≠gai and !Ungka Norna, who is crying
2001.29.2832 Children, Mother and children: Group of people participating in a haircutting ceremony, with !Ungka holding Sa≠gai and !Ungka Norna, who is crying
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Norna: People participating in a haircutting ceremony, including !U with !Ungka Norna and !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) with her daughter Sa≠gai
2001.29.1517 Children, Norna: People participating in a haircutting ceremony, including !U with !Ungka Norna and !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) with her daughter Sa≠gai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Ceremony, Choa [Haircutting]: !Ungka (daughter of "Old Gau") and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) putting tsi in a pot to boil on the fire for a haircutting ceremony for !Ungka Norna, with Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), Sa≠gai (!Ungka's daughter)
2001.29.1341 Ceremony, Choa [Haircutting]: !Ungka (daughter of "Old Gau") and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) putting tsi in a pot to boil on the fire for a haircutting ceremony for !Ungka Norna, with Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), Sa≠gai (!Ungka's daughter)
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
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of Toma) sitting, with her daughter, Sa≠gai, and !Ungka Norna standing next to her; aloes in the background
2001.29.1380 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of Toma) sitting, with her daughter, Sa≠gai, and !Ungka Norna standing next to her; aloes in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) grooming !U, with Sa≠gai and !Ungka Norna sitting next to her
2001.29.1379 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) grooming !U, with Sa≠gai and !Ungka Norna sitting next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) about to nurse two children, !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut) and her own daughter, Sa≠gai
2001.29.1376 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ungka (sister of ≠Toma) about to nurse two children, !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut) and her own daughter, Sa≠gai
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka washing !Ungka Norna with tsi before her haircut while !U is nursing her
2001.29.2802 Ceremony, Haircutting: !Ungka washing !Ungka Norna with tsi before her haircut while !U is nursing her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy