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Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine" and /Goishay) lying down, profile
Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine" and /Goishay) lying down, profile
Object Number 2001.29.14606
Display Title Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine" and /Goishay) lying down, profile
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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Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine" and /Goishay) lying down, profile
2001.29.26025 Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine" and /Goishay) lying down, profile
Gautscha
Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine" and /Goishay) lying down, profile
2001.29.26025.1 Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine" and /Goishay) lying down, profile
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine") lying down, with her daughter, /Goishay (wife of ≠Gao, headman of Band 3) and other women sitting next to her
2001.29.3035 Groups, Extended Family: Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine") lying down, with her daughter, /Goishay (wife of ≠Gao, headman of Band 3) and other women sitting next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
2001.29.14870 "/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
Gautscha
"/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
2001.29.14869 "/Qui Navel" and ≠Gao working on arrows at the werft of ≠Gao (headman of Band 3, son of /Gasa and brother of Gau), sitting with /Goishay (≠Gao's wife), "/Gao Music" (brother of /Goishay) playing the //guashi, ≠Toma (≠Gao and /Goishay's son), Dam (husband of ≠Gisa), Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goisha) and /Naoka (wife of "/Gao Medicine")
Gautscha
Children, Mothers: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something in a mortar, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay), !U, !Ungka Norna and another child (copy of slide 7A-97)
2001.29.11911 Children, Mothers: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something in a mortar, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay), !U, !Ungka Norna and another child (copy of slide 7A-97)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Band 3: Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine") lying down
2001.29.29989 Band 3: Khwo//o (mother of "Gao Medicine") lying down
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1362 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1361 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1360 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including left to right: "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," unidentified person seen from behind, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" with her hands over her head, "Gao Helmet" in profile, "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife)
2001.29.19496 Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including left to right: "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," unidentified person seen from behind, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" with her hands over her head, "Gao Helmet" in profile, "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife)
Gautscha
Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including left to right: "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," unidentified person seen from behind, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" with her hands over her head, "Gao Helmet" in profile, "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife)
2001.29.19495 Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including left to right: "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," unidentified person seen from behind, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" with her hands over her head, "Gao Helmet" in profile, "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife)
Gautscha