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"Gao Medicine" sitting next to a fire with his two wives, /Naoka (left) and Di!ai (right)
"Gao Medicine" sitting next to a fire with his two wives, /Naoka (left) and Di!ai (right)
Object Number 2001.29.14088
Display Title "Gao Medicine" sitting next to a fire with his two wives, /Naoka (left) and Di!ai (right)
Descriptions
Object Description Expedition III b/w 120
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, 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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Gao of Band 2 sitting by his fire with his two wives, Be (behind him) and Khuan//a (right); Khuan//a is cracking a tsi nut
2001.29.14567 Gao of Band 2 sitting by his fire with his two wives, Be (behind him) and Khuan//a (right); Khuan//a is cracking a tsi nut
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
Group of people sitting around a fire, including "Gao Medicine," Di!ai, "Little /Gaishay," and "≠Gao Lame" playing the //guashi
2001.29.14210 Group of people sitting around a fire, including "Gao Medicine," Di!ai, "Little /Gaishay," and "≠Gao Lame" playing the //guashi
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Gao of Band 2 sitting by his fire with his two wives, Be (behind him) and Khuan//a (right). Khuan//a is cracking a tsi nut. (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30090 [No folder title]: Gao of Band 2 sitting by his fire with his two wives, Be (behind him) and Khuan//a (right). Khuan//a is cracking a tsi nut. (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Gao of Band 2 sitting by his fire with his two wives, Be (behind him) and Khuan//a (right); Khuan//a is cracking a tsi nut (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.26007 Gao of Band 2 sitting by his fire with his two wives, Be (behind him) and Khuan//a (right); Khuan//a is cracking a tsi nut (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" and /Naoka (his first wife) with Debe (his youngest child by his second wife, Di!ai), and Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui"), who are getting food, with the expedition's truck in the background
2001.29.22648 "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka (his first wife) with Debe (his youngest child by his second wife, Di!ai), and Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui"), who are getting food, with the expedition's truck in the background
Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" and /Naoka (his first wife) with Debe (his youngest child by his second wife, Di!ai), and Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui"), who are getting food, with the expedition's truck in the background
2001.29.28617 "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka (his first wife) with Debe (his youngest child by his second wife, Di!ai), and Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui"), who are getting food, with the expedition's truck in the background
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
Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
2001.29.22705 Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
2001.29.28665 Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka and N!ai (his wives) next to his fire in front of a skerm; N!ai is pounding something in a mortar
2001.29.14843 /Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka and N!ai (his wives) next to his fire in front of a skerm; N!ai is pounding something in a mortar
Gautscha