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"Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching
"Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching
Object Number 2001.29.21990
Display Title "Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
"Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching
2001.29.28122 "Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29885 [No folder title]: "Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31303 "Fathers carrying children": "Gao Medicine" sitting and holding Debe, his son /Gaishay watching (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
2001.29.21984 "Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" throwing oracle disks, his son /Gaishay watching and other unidentified people
2001.29.22193 "Gao Medicine" throwing oracle disks, his son /Gaishay watching and other unidentified people
Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" throwing oracle disks, his son /Gaishay watching and other unidentified people
2001.29.28296 "Gao Medicine" throwing oracle disks, his son /Gaishay watching and other unidentified people
Nama Pan
Children, Groups, play: /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) lying on his back holding a branch, with "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and /Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine") standing next to him
2001.29.1424 Children, Groups, play: /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) lying on his back holding a branch, with "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and /Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine") standing next to him
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, and his wife, Di!ai, nearby; "Gao Medicine's" possessions are laid between them with a skerm in the background
2001.29.19100 "Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, and his wife, Di!ai, nearby; "Gao Medicine's" possessions are laid between them with a skerm in the background
Gautscha
"Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, and his wife, Di!ai, nearby; "Gao Medicine's" possessions are laid between them with a skerm in the background
2001.29.19099 "Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, and his wife, Di!ai, nearby; "Gao Medicine's" possessions are laid between them with a skerm in the background
Gautscha
Children, Fathers and sons: "Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder
2001.29.1503 Children, Fathers and sons: "Gao Medicine" holding his son, /Gaishay, on his shoulder
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/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
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
2001.29.1906 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy