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N!whakwe and a "visiting baby" playing with a tsama melon and a digging stick
N!whakwe and a "visiting baby" playing with a tsama melon and a digging stick
Object Number 2001.29.21415
Display Title N!whakwe and a "visiting baby" playing with a tsama melon and a digging stick
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Artist William Donnellan
Culture
  • /Gwikwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Botswana / Ghanzi / Central Kalahari Game Reserve / /Ai Ha !O Pan
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
N!whakwe and a "visiting baby" playing with a tsama melon and a digging stick (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.27677 N!whakwe and a "visiting baby" playing with a tsama melon and a digging stick (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
2001.29.21139 !Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai and N!whakwe with tsama melons sitting at their place in the werft
2001.29.21143 !Gai and N!whakwe with tsama melons sitting at their place in the werft
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
2001.29.21140 !Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Tsekue with N!whakwe on her back leaning over to pick up a tsama melon
2001.29.20696 Tsekue with N!whakwe on her back leaning over to pick up a tsama melon
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
2001.29.404 Gai's family eating tsama melons (Back to front, left to right: //Ku≠tera, /Twikwe, Taekue, N!whakwe, and !Gai)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai seated, opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
2001.29.21218 !Gai seated, opening a tsama melon with a digging stick
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background
2001.29.22976 Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); four girls to the left are singing and clapping and an unidentified, visiting girl in the center carries a child on her back while she plays; other children present in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Tsekue and N!whakwe with tsama melon seeds in tins, used as containers
2001.29.20397 Tsekue and N!whakwe with tsama melon seeds in tins, used as containers
/Gau /U Pan
Group of women sitting, and N!whakwe urinating in a tsama melon rind in the background
2001.29.20864 Group of women sitting, and N!whakwe urinating in a tsama melon rind in the background
/Ai Ha !O Pan
N!whakwe in werft eating from a tin, with empty tsama melon rinds and a group of other boys in the background
2001.29.21315 N!whakwe in werft eating from a tin, with empty tsama melon rinds and a group of other boys in the background
/Ai Ha !O Pan
!Gai sitting, Tsekue opening a tsama melon, and N!whakwe walking
2001.29.20387 !Gai sitting, Tsekue opening a tsama melon, and N!whakwe walking
/Gau /U Pan