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Food, Pounding: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar
Food, Pounding: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar
Object Number 2001.29.2997
Display Title Food, Pounding: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar
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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Food, Pounding: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar
2001.29.2996 Food, Pounding: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Pounding: !Ungka pounding something in her mortar, with Sa≠gai sitting next to her
2001.29.2998 Food, Pounding: !Ungka pounding something in her mortar, with Sa≠gai sitting next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Pounding: !Ungka pounding something in her mortar, with Sa≠gai sitting next to her
2001.29.2995 Food, Pounding: !Ungka pounding something in her mortar, with Sa≠gai sitting next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar
2001.29.13927 Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar
Gautscha
"Mortar and pestle": Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30415 "Mortar and pestle": Khuan//a (wife of Gau) pounding something in her mortar (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Khuan//a, wife of Gau, pounding something in her mortar (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25598 Khuan//a, wife of Gau, pounding something in her mortar (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") pounding something beside her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting beside her
2001.29.1655 Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") pounding something beside her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting beside her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mother and children: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) sitting and smoking a pipe, holding her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (≠Nisa's daughter) tied in her kaross
2001.29.2831 Children, Mother and children: Khuan//a (wife of Gau) sitting and smoking a pipe, holding her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (≠Nisa's daughter) tied in her kaross
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Groups: Men sitting with "Old Gau" at his dwelling place, including "Old ≠Toma," ≠Gao, "Old /Gaishay," and /Qui (Gau's son-in-law); Gau cracking nuts with a fire paddle and ≠Gao pounding something with a mortar and pestle
2001.29.1880 Groups: Men sitting with "Old Gau" at his dwelling place, including "Old ≠Toma," ≠Gao, "Old /Gaishay," and /Qui (Gau's son-in-law); Gau cracking nuts with a fire paddle and ≠Gao pounding something with a mortar and pestle
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
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)
2001.29.1361 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