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Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau
Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau
Object Number 2001.29.14465
Display Title Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau
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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Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau
2001.29.14466 Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau (out of focus) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30169 [No folder title]: Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau (out of focus) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30170 [No folder title]: Gau sitting with Lorna Marshall, with /Qui sitting in Lorna's lap and Khuan//a leaning against Gau (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Gau of Band 2 putting his son, /Qui, into Lorna Marshall's lap, with Khuan//a leaning against him
2001.29.14462 Gau of Band 2 putting his son, /Qui, into Lorna Marshall's lap, with Khuan//a leaning against him
Gautscha
Gau of Band 2 putting his son, /Qui, into Lorna Marshall's lap, with Khuan//a leaning against him
2001.29.25917 Gau of Band 2 putting his son, /Qui, into Lorna Marshall's lap, with Khuan//a leaning against him
Gautscha
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (inside the skerm), "Old Gau" squatting by the entrance, //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a), and Be (Gau's first wife)
2001.29.1865 Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" (inside the skerm), "Old Gau" squatting by the entrance, //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a), and Be (Gau's first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: Gau (of Band 2) sitting with his family by their skerm, left to right: ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), Be, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and her son /Qui, Gunda (son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and !Naishi (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1373 Children, Mothers nursing babies: Gau (of Band 2) sitting with his family by their skerm, left to right: ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), Be, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and her son /Qui, Gunda (son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and !Naishi (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back, sitting next to a fire with the sons of Gau and Be
2001.29.14545 Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back, sitting next to a fire with the sons of Gau and Be
Gautscha
Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including ≠Toma (his son with Be), his son !Naishi, his first wife Be, Gau, his second wife Khuan//a and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son with a first husband), and ≠Gao (his son with Be)
2001.29.14092 Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including ≠Toma (his son with Be), his son !Naishi, his first wife Be, Gau, his second wife Khuan//a and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son with a first husband), and ≠Gao (his son with Be)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1866 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" cooking (inside the skerm), "Old Gau" squatting by the entrance, //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a), and Be (Gau's first wife)
2001.29.1858 Groups: People sitting in front of Gau's skerm, including "/Qui Hunter" cooking (inside the skerm), "Old Gau" squatting by the entrance, //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), /Naoka, "Old /Gasa" with shaved head, /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a), and Be (Gau's first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including his son ≠Toma (by his first wife), his son !Naishi, Be (his first wife), Gau, Khuan//a (his second wife) and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son by a first husband), and ≠Gao (son of Be and Gau) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30118 [No folder title]: Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including his son ≠Toma (by his first wife), his son !Naishi, Be (his first wife), Gau, Khuan//a (his second wife) and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son by a first husband), and ≠Gao (son of Be and Gau) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha