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//Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head, seen from the front
//Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head, seen from the front
Object Number 2001.29.22555
Display Title //Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head, seen from the front
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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//Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head, seen from the front (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28545 //Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head, seen from the front (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Profile of //Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head
2001.29.22554 Profile of //Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head
Nama Pan
Profile of //Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head
2001.29.22553 Profile of //Kushay squatting with a kerchief around her head
Nama Pan
Dadum performing a social dance with her husband, Tama, with /Xoxa wearing a kerchief on his head in the background
2001.29.8496 Dadum performing a social dance with her husband, Tama, with /Xoxa wearing a kerchief on his head in the background
!Go Tsao
//Kushay, "Old Gau," !Ungka, and other unidentified people seated around a pot on a fire and "Little ≠Gao" drinking from a bowl
2001.29.22165 //Kushay, "Old Gau," !Ungka, and other unidentified people seated around a pot on a fire and "Little ≠Gao" drinking from a bowl
Nama Pan
//Kushay, "Little ≠Gao", !Ungka, and other unidentified people seated around a pot on a fire while "Old Gau" stirs the pot
2001.29.22164 //Kushay, "Little ≠Gao", !Ungka, and other unidentified people seated around a pot on a fire while "Old Gau" stirs the pot
Nama Pan
Group of people performing a social dance (including N//aba giving her kerchief to /Xoxa and Sãõ?//e beside N//aba), with "Old Xama" from Werft 2 sitting near them
2001.29.8532 Group of people performing a social dance (including N//aba giving her kerchief to /Xoxa and Sãõ?//e beside N//aba), with "Old Xama" from Werft 2 sitting near them
!Go Tsao
Group of people performing a social dance (including N//aba giving her kerchief to /Xoxa and Sãõ?//e beside N//aba), with "Old Xama" from Werft 2 sitting near them
2001.29.8533 Group of people performing a social dance (including N//aba giving her kerchief to /Xoxa and Sãõ?//e beside N//aba), with "Old Xama" from Werft 2 sitting near them
!Go Tsao
Woman wearing a kerchief and other ornaments on her head, sitting
2001.29.15183 Woman wearing a kerchief and other ornaments on her head, sitting
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman wearing a kerchief and other ornaments on her head, working with a string, with a boy standing on one leg against a tree in the background
2001.29.15184 Woman wearing a kerchief and other ornaments on her head, working with a string, with a boy standing on one leg against a tree in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Khoa (daughter of "Old ≠Nisa") at a social dance, wearing a red kerchief on her head, with a baby tied to her back, standing and clapping with a group of women
2001.29.8595 /Khoa (daughter of "Old ≠Nisa") at a social dance, wearing a red kerchief on her head, with a baby tied to her back, standing and clapping with a group of women
!Go Tsao
//Kushay ("/Qui Navel's" wife) making a "cat's cradle" as she sits in front of the expedition truck's tire with unidentified children around her; Di!ai is sitting to the right
2001.29.22905 //Kushay ("/Qui Navel's" wife) making a "cat's cradle" as she sits in front of the expedition truck's tire with unidentified children around her; Di!ai is sitting to the right
Nama Pan