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Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar; a child sitting behind her
Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar; a child sitting behind her
Object Number 2001.29.22625
Display Title Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar; a child sitting behind her
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
"Mortar and pestle": Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something in a mortar, with a child sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30417 "Mortar and pestle": Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something in a mortar, with a child sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar
2001.29.22624 Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar
Nama Pan
Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar
2001.29.28597 Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar
Nama Pan
Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") pounding something beside her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting beside her
2001.29.1655 Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") pounding something beside her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting beside her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Close up of Di!ai (wife of Gao) pounding something, using a mortar (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31115 [No folder title]: Close up of Di!ai (wife of Gao) pounding something, using a mortar (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1362 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1361 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (soon after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
2001.29.1360 Children, Mothers nursing babies: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something with a mortar and pestle, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay, half-sister of "/Qui Navel" in Band 1) and !U with !Ungka Norna (after her hair was cut)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Close up of Di!ai (wife of Gao) pounding something, using a mortar
2001.29.22626 Close up of Di!ai (wife of Gao) pounding something, using a mortar
Nama Pan
Children, Mothers: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something in a mortar, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay), !U, !Ungka Norna and another child (copy of slide 7A-97)
2001.29.11911 Children, Mothers: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi, headman of Band 5) pounding something in a mortar, sitting with Khwo//o (mother of "/Gao Music" and /Goishay), !U, !Ungka Norna and another child (copy of slide 7A-97)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing and leaning over next to her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting near her
2001.29.1656 Food, Cooking: Di!ai (second wife of "Gao Medicine") standing and leaning over next to her fire, with her son, /Gaishay, sitting near her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
2001.29.14807 "Gao Medicine" binding an arrow shaft with sinew, with /Gaishay leaning on him, and Di!ai sitting next to him pounding something with a stone
Gautscha