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Di//khao (Gu!na) sitting, showing her beads and modesty apron
Di//khao (Gu!na) sitting, showing her beads and modesty apron
Object Number 2001.29.14773
Display Title Di//khao (Gu!na) sitting, showing her beads and modesty apron
Descriptions
Object Description 1952-1953 Graflex photographs
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: 12.065 × 9.525 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
"Ornaments & beads": Di//khao (Gu!na) sitting, showing her beads and modesty apron (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30794 "Ornaments & beads": Di//khao (Gu!na) sitting, showing her beads and modesty apron (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Old /Gaishay" sitting with his wife, Di//khao!na, by their fire in front of their skerm
2001.29.14772 "Old /Gaishay" sitting with his wife, Di//khao!na, by their fire in front of their skerm
Gautscha
Dance: Men beginning a daytime dance, with Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") going to sit down (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1572 Dance: Men beginning a daytime dance, with Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") going to sit down (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and /Gam dancing a few steps before sitting down (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1571 Dance: Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and /Gam dancing a few steps before sitting down (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"/Qui Guide" sitting with his wife Di!ai and //Ao's three children, /Qui, Di//khao and !Ungka (who was engaged to /Gunda, son of "Old ≠Toma" and /Gam)
2001.29.14791 "/Qui Guide" sitting with his wife Di!ai and //Ao's three children, /Qui, Di//khao and !Ungka (who was engaged to /Gunda, son of "Old ≠Toma" and /Gam)
Gautscha
Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1569 Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1568 Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Qui, !Ungka and Di//khao sitting (children of //Ao, ≠Toma's father's sister's son)
2001.29.14793 /Qui, !Ungka and Di//khao sitting (children of //Ao, ≠Toma's father's sister's son)
Gautscha
/Qui, !Ungka and Di//khao sitting (children of //Ao, ≠Toma's father's sister's son)
2001.29.14792 /Qui, !Ungka and Di//khao sitting (children of //Ao, ≠Toma's father's sister's son)
Gautscha
"/Qui Guide" sitting with his wife Di!ai and //Ao's three children, /Qui, Di//khao and !Ungka (who was engaged to /Gunda, son of "Old ≠Toma" and /Gam)
2001.29.14790 "/Qui Guide" sitting with his wife Di!ai and //Ao's three children, /Qui, Di//khao and !Ungka (who was engaged to /Gunda, son of "Old ≠Toma" and /Gam)
Gautscha
Portraits: "Old Di//khoa-Gu≠na" sitting
2001.29.2110 Portraits: "Old Di//khoa-Gu≠na" sitting
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman with a child tied in her kaross, showing modesty apron of leather with a beaded border
2001.29.23175 Woman with a child tied in her kaross, showing modesty apron of leather with a beaded border
Nama Pan