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Debe putting his fingers in /Naoka's mouth
Debe putting his fingers in /Naoka's mouth
Object Number 2001.29.21955
Display Title Debe putting his fingers in /Naoka's mouth
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama 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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Debe putting his fingers in /Naoka's mouth
2001.29.28096 Debe putting his fingers in /Naoka's mouth
Nama Pan
Debe examining /Naoka's mouth with his fingers in her mouth, close-up
2001.29.21953 Debe examining /Naoka's mouth with his fingers in her mouth, close-up
Nama Pan
Debe examining /Naoka's mouth with his fingers in her mouth, close-up
2001.29.28094 Debe examining /Naoka's mouth with his fingers in her mouth, close-up
Nama Pan
"Music": !Naishi (brother of /Goishay) playing a musical bow, with fingers, no sticks, end of bow in his mouth (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30758 "Music": !Naishi (brother of /Goishay) playing a musical bow, with fingers, no sticks, end of bow in his mouth (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting: N!ai (/Ti!kay's second wife), /Goishay (N!ai's mother), /Naoka (/Goishay's sister), Gao (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's son), and /Khoa (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's daughter)
2001.29.12520 Group of people sitting: N!ai (/Ti!kay's second wife), /Goishay (N!ai's mother), /Naoka (/Goishay's sister), Gao (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's son), and /Khoa (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's daughter)
Gautscha
Gift-Giving: Demi sitting, weaving his fingers together to demonstrate how gift-giving binds people together
2001.29.3027 Gift-Giving: Demi sitting, weaving his fingers together to demonstrate how gift-giving binds people together
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gift-Giving: Demi sitting, weaving his fingers together to demonstrate how gift-giving binds people together
2001.29.3028 Gift-Giving: Demi sitting, weaving his fingers together to demonstrate how gift-giving binds people together
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Oukabe holding a grass stem in his mouth between his teeth while he strikes the end with his finger
2001.29.21004 !Oukabe holding a grass stem in his mouth between his teeth while he strikes the end with his finger
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Debe examining /Naoka's mouth
2001.29.21952 Debe examining /Naoka's mouth
Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" and /Naoka (his first wife) with Debe (his youngest child by his second wife, Di!ai), and Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui"), who are getting food, with the expedition's truck in the background
2001.29.22648 "Gao Medicine" and /Naoka (his first wife) with Debe (his youngest child by his second wife, Di!ai), and Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui"), who are getting food, with the expedition's truck in the background
Nama Pan
!Oukabe holding a grass stem in his mouth between his teeth while he strikes the end with his finger
2001.29.27359 !Oukabe holding a grass stem in his mouth between his teeth while he strikes the end with his finger
/Ai Ha !O Pan
/Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
2001.29.21887 /Naoka and !U sitting with U's son /Gaishay beside his grandmother and Debe, and "≠Gao Lame" lying down to the left
Nama Pan