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Woman carrying a bundle of grass and a baby and Khuan//a carrying poles and a baby
Woman carrying a bundle of grass and a baby and Khuan//a carrying poles and a baby
Object Number 2001.29.3301
Display Title Woman carrying a bundle of grass and a baby and Khuan//a carrying poles and a baby
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Tsumkwe
Materials slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Woman carrying a bundle of grass and a baby, followed by Khuan//a carrying poles and a baby, with a boy behind them
2001.29.3302 Woman carrying a bundle of grass and a baby, followed by Khuan//a carrying poles and a baby, with a boy behind them
Tsumkwe
Woman carrying bundles of grass over her head, with a baby tied to her side
2001.29.3300 Woman carrying bundles of grass over her head, with a baby tied to her side
Tsumkwe
Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1576 Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) dancing before the daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1567 Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) dancing before the daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) singing before a daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1566 Dance: "Little N!ai," Bau (daughter of /Ti!kay) and Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi) singing before a daytime dance begins, with Khuan//a carrying a friend's baby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Khuan//a carrying her son /Qui on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30461 [No folder title]: Khuan//a carrying her son /Qui on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Man carrying a bundle, a person carrying a child, and a child running ahead through the grass
2001.29.10420 Man carrying a bundle, a person carrying a child, and a child running ahead through the grass
Mangetti Forest
Woman carrying a baby on her back, standing in front of a fence with poles tied with creepers
2001.29.25329 Woman carrying a baby on her back, standing in front of a fence with poles tied with creepers
Naulila
Side view of Khuan//a carrying her son, /Qui, on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms
2001.29.23264 Side view of Khuan//a carrying her son, /Qui, on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms
Nama Pan
Woman working over grass bundles, with skerms in the background
2001.29.3272 Woman working over grass bundles, with skerms in the background
Tsumkwe
Khuan//a carrying her son /Qui on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29047 Khuan//a carrying her son /Qui on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"Carrying 2 children": Khuan//a carrying her son /Qui on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31271.2 "Carrying 2 children": Khuan//a carrying her son /Qui on her shoulder and her baby son ≠Toma in her arms (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan