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"Gao Medicine" lying down, with his son, /Gaishay, sitting on his back
"Gao Medicine" lying down, with his son, /Gaishay, sitting on his back
Object Number 2001.29.14409
Display Title "Gao Medicine" lying down, with his son, /Gaishay, sitting on his back
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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[No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" lying down, with his son, /Gaishay, sitting on his back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30080 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" lying down, with his son, /Gaishay, sitting on his back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
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
"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
"Gao Medicine" carrying his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder
2001.29.14546 "Gao Medicine" carrying his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder
Gautscha
Large group of people sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft, including his father, Khuan//a (his sister) and her husband //Ao, and members of Band 4 ("Old /Gaishay's" band) visiting
2001.29.14033 Large group of people sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft, including his father, Khuan//a (his sister) and her husband //Ao, and members of Band 4 ("Old /Gaishay's" band) visiting
Gautscha
"/Gao Music" standing with his second wife ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka) and his son /Qui (by his first wife, also named ≠Nisa, sister of "Gao Medicine")
2001.29.14422 "/Gao Music" standing with his second wife ≠Nisa (daughter of "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka) and his son /Qui (by his first wife, also named ≠Nisa, sister of "Gao Medicine")
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" lifting his son /Gaishay up to his shoulder
2001.29.14414 "Gao Medicine" lifting his son /Gaishay up to his shoulder
Gautscha
Children, Fathers and sons: "Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder
2001.29.1503 Children, Fathers and sons: "Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
2001.29.21887 /Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
Nama Pan
/Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
2001.29.28041 /Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
Nama Pan
"Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" carrying his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31299 "Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" carrying his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" carrying his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31299.1 "Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" carrying his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha