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Di!ai (wife of "Gao Medicine") sleeping with her son /Gaishay, lying next to her nursing
Di!ai (wife of "Gao Medicine") sleeping with her son /Gaishay, lying next to her nursing
Object Number 2001.29.14055
Display Title Di!ai (wife of "Gao Medicine") sleeping with her son /Gaishay, lying next to her nursing
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition III b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 × 6.35 cm (2 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
"Sleep": Di!ai (wife of "Gao Medicine") sleeping with her son /Gaishay, lying next to her nursing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30849 "Sleep": Di!ai (wife of "Gao Medicine") sleeping with her son /Gaishay, lying next to her nursing (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
2001.29.22093 Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
Nama Pan
"The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31426 "The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
/Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying down with /Gaishay about to lie beside her and Di!ai nursing Debe in the background
2001.29.28219 /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying down with /Gaishay about to lie beside her and Di!ai nursing Debe in the background
Nama Pan
/Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying down with /Gaishay about to lie beside her and Di!ai nursing Debe in the background
2001.29.22104 /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying down with /Gaishay about to lie beside her and Di!ai nursing Debe in the background
Nama Pan
Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing and leaning over next to her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting near her
2001.29.1656 Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing and leaning over next to her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Di!ai lying on her stomach with Debe lying next to her nursing, and /Gaishay sitting
2001.29.28074 Di!ai lying on her stomach with Debe lying next to her nursing, and /Gaishay sitting
Nama Pan
Di!ai lying on her stomach with Debe lying next to her nursing, and /Gaishay sitting
2001.29.21928 Di!ai lying on her stomach with Debe lying next to her nursing, and /Gaishay sitting
Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
2001.29.21984 "Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: "The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31070 [No folder title]: "The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife)
2001.29.21959 "The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife)
Nama Pan
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