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Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair (print is a cropped image)
Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.13597
Display Title Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Object Description Stapled to front of paper: "!Kung boys painting with water colors provided by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, who did not tell them what to paint, or show them how, but let them do what they liked."
Department Photographic
Date 1951
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 15.24 × 20.32 cm (6 × 8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau"), with his foot bandaged, /Gao (son of "Old Gau") wearing a shirt, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
2001.29.702 Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau"), with his foot bandaged, /Gao (son of "Old Gau") wearing a shirt, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
Gautscha
Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau"), with his foot bandaged, /Gao (son of "Old Gau") wearing a shirt, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
2001.29.701 Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau"), with his foot bandaged, /Gao (son of "Old Gau") wearing a shirt, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
Gautscha
Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau"), with his foot bandaged, /Gao (son of "Old Gau") wearing a shirt, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
2001.29.703 Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay (son of "Old Gau"), with his foot bandaged, /Gao (son of "Old Gau") wearing a shirt, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
Gautscha
Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.13596 Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
2001.29.660 "Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
Gautscha
"Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
2001.29.661 "Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
Gautscha
"Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
2001.29.662 "Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
Gautscha
Image Not Available for "Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
2001.29.661.1 "Paintings, drawing and modelling": Four boys painting with Western materials, including /Gishay ("Old Gau's" son), with his foot bandaged, and Tsamgao (≠Toma's son), wearing a feather in his hair
Gautscha
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14836 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for ≠Gao, his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa, and their son, Gao, and ≠Gisa with her mother
2001.29.26160 ≠Gao, his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa, and their son, Gao, and ≠Gisa with her mother
Gautscha
Image Not Available for Children, Groups, play: /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) lying on his back holding a branch, with "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and /Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine") standing next to him
2001.29.1424 Children, Groups, play: /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) lying on his back holding a branch, with "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and /Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine") standing next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for ≠Gao, his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa, and their son, Gao, and ≠Gisa with her mother
2001.29.26159.1 ≠Gao, his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa, and their son, Gao, and ≠Gisa with her mother
Gautscha