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//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi
Object Number 2001.29.19488
Display Title //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Negative, 35mm
Dimensions Overall: 3.5 × 2.5 cm (1 3/8 × 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Group of Ju/'hoansi seated including Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder
2001.29.19486 Group of Ju/'hoansi seated including Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder
Gautscha
"Group of Band 2 Khuan//a #52 //Kushay II #32": Group of Ju/'hoansi seated including Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29972 "Group of Band 2 Khuan//a #52 //Kushay II #32": Group of Ju/'hoansi seated including Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29927 [No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29932 [No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30099 [No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1891 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1892 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of Ju/'hoansi seated around a fire in the foreground; //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) standing with her child on her shoulders in the background
2001.29.19485 Group of Ju/'hoansi seated around a fire in the foreground; //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) standing with her child on her shoulders in the background
Gautscha
"//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29929 "//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of Ju/'hoansi seated around a fire in the foreground; //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) standing with her child on her shoulders in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25548 Group of Ju/'hoansi seated around a fire in the foreground; //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) standing with her child on her shoulders in the background (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
2001.29.14480 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
Gautscha
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) pounding with mortar and pestle
2001.29.19478 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) pounding with mortar and pestle
Gautscha