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Little N!ai" delousing a child
Little N!ai" delousing a child
Object Number 2001.29.14122
Display Title Little N!ai" delousing a child
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
"Grooming & haircuts": "Little N!ai" delousing a child (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30711 "Grooming & haircuts": "Little N!ai" delousing a child (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person, close-up
2001.29.2171 Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person, close-up
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person
2001.29.2170 Lice: //Kushay and "Little N!ai" delousing the hair of another person
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Music: /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) playing the //guashi, with N!ai and another girl sitting behind him delousing a third girl
2001.29.2928 Children, Music: /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) playing the //guashi, with N!ai and another girl sitting behind him delousing a third girl
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
//Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi
2001.29.14039 //Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi
Gautscha
//Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi
2001.29.14038 //Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi
Gautscha
Di!ai anointing "Little N!ai" with tsi in the early morning after her wedding of the night before
2001.29.14581 Di!ai anointing "Little N!ai" with tsi in the early morning after her wedding of the night before
Gautscha
"Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
2001.29.14183 "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
Gautscha
"Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party
2001.29.14184 "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party
Gautscha
"Little N!ai" (daughter of Di!ai), portrait
2001.29.13972 "Little N!ai" (daughter of Di!ai), portrait
Gautscha
"≠Gao Lame" delousing another boy and Tsamgao lying on the ground next to them
2001.29.14178 "≠Gao Lame" delousing another boy and Tsamgao lying on the ground next to them
Gautscha
/Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Naoka's son) delousing "≠Gao Lame," with /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") watching, ≠Toma (son of Gau) playing a //guashi
2001.29.14123 /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Naoka's son) delousing "≠Gao Lame," with /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") watching, ≠Toma (son of Gau) playing a //guashi
Gautscha