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N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross
N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross
Object Number 2001.29.14737
Display Title N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross
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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N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross
2001.29.14736 N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross
Gautscha
"Carrying children": N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31262.2 "Carrying children": N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Carrying children": N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31262.1 "Carrying children": N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Carrying children": N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31262 "Carrying children": N!ai helping another girl tie a baby in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Water: /Naoka (Ti!kay's first wife) carrying a child on her shoulder, leaning down to pick up an Ovambo pot full of water, with another child standing next to her and Bau helping a girl putting an ostrich eggshell in her kaross
2001.29.2233 Water: /Naoka (Ti!kay's first wife) carrying a child on her shoulder, leaning down to pick up an Ovambo pot full of water, with another child standing next to her and Bau helping a girl putting an ostrich eggshell in her kaross
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman from /Ti!kay's group standing and carrying her baby, tying her kaross
2001.29.13866 Woman from /Ti!kay's group standing and carrying her baby, tying her kaross
Gautscha
/Naoka (first wife of /Ti!kay) performs a choa ceremony for her daughter, Bau (wife of Tsamgao), sitting with N!ai (/Naoka's sister), !Ghia (wife of ≠Gao) and /Goishay (mother of /Naoka and N!ai)
2001.29.13855 /Naoka (first wife of /Ti!kay) performs a choa ceremony for her daughter, Bau (wife of Tsamgao), sitting with N!ai (/Naoka's sister), !Ghia (wife of ≠Gao) and /Goishay (mother of /Naoka and N!ai)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay (Gao's second wife) standing and nursing her baby, Xama, in a kaross and an unidentified child beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30058 [No folder title]: //Kushay (Gao's second wife) standing and nursing her baby, Xama, in a kaross and an unidentified child beside her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
2001.29.684 Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
Gautscha
Girl hanging upside down on N!ai's back, with a woman helping her, others behind them, John Marshall filming
2001.29.16941 Girl hanging upside down on N!ai's back, with a woman helping her, others behind them, John Marshall filming
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
2001.29.2237 Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
2001.29.2236 Water: /Gunda (N!ai's husband) helping a child to drink from an ostrich eggshell, with another person sitting and drinking next to them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy