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Image Not Available for "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies and a group of children, including !Ilaishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay), sitting behind him
"Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies and a group of children, including !Ilaishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay), sitting behind him
Image Not Available for "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies and a group of children, including !Ilaishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay), sitting behind him
Object Number 2001.29.22493
Display Title "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies and a group of children, including !Ilaishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay), sitting behind him
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Artist Daniel Blitz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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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Image Not Available for "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies with !Ilaishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) watching
2001.29.22494 "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies with !Ilaishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) watching
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies and a group of children, including !Naishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay), sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28503 "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies and a group of children, including !Naishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay), sitting behind him (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies with !Naishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28504 "Old Gau" distributing cooked mealies with !Naishi and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) watching (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) and !Ilaishi eating mealies
2001.29.22495 "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) and !Ilaishi eating mealies
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) and !Naishi eating mealies (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28505 "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) and !Naishi eating mealies (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Group women and children around a fire including "Little ≠Gao" and !Naishi; "Old Gau" distributes mealies
2001.29.22496 Group women and children around a fire including "Little ≠Gao" and !Naishi; "Old Gau" distributes mealies
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Group women and children around a fire including "Little ≠Gao" and !Naishi; "Old Gau" distributes mealies (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28506 Group women and children around a fire including "Little ≠Gao" and !Naishi; "Old Gau" distributes mealies (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing, along with Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui") handing Debe (Di!ai's son) the mealies on the spoon
2001.29.28619 Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing, along with Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui") handing Debe (Di!ai's son) the mealies on the spoon
Nama Pan
Image Not Available for Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing, along with Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui") handing Debe (Di!ai's son) the mealies on the spoon
2001.29.22650 Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing, along with Bau (daughter of //Khuga and "Crooked /Qui") handing Debe (Di!ai's son) the mealies on the spoon
Nama Pan
Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front
2001.29.685 Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front
Gautscha
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29273 [No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Image Not Available for /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet," "/Qui Navel," and "Old ≠Toma" sitting in back row; /Gasa, unidentified woman (possibly !U's mother Naoka), Khuan//a (wife of Gau) with Qui (her son), and !Naishi (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) sitting in front row
2001.29.23752 /Qui (brother of "Gao Helmet," "/Qui Navel," and "Old ≠Toma" sitting in back row; /Gasa, unidentified woman (possibly !U's mother Naoka), Khuan//a (wife of Gau) with Qui (her son), and !Naishi (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) sitting in front row
Gautscha