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Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and her younger son, Debe, standing behind her
Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and her younger son, Debe, standing behind her
Object Number 2001.29.22715
Display Title Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and her younger son, Debe, standing behind her
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and her younger son, Debe, standing behind her
2001.29.28672 Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and her younger son, Debe, standing behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Nursing": Di!ai sitting in a werft with a cord of beads in her mouth while nursing /Gaishay and Debe (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31273 "Nursing": Di!ai sitting in a werft with a cord of beads in her mouth while nursing /Gaishay and Debe (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
2001.29.22093 Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
Nama Pan
Di!ai with Debe, lying in her lap and nursing on her right breast, and /Gaishay standing beside her
2001.29.22109 Di!ai with Debe, lying in her lap and nursing on her right breast, and /Gaishay standing beside her
Nama Pan
"The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31426 "The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Di!ai with Debe, lying in her lap and nursing on her right breast, and /Gaishay standing beside her
2001.29.28222 Di!ai with Debe, lying in her lap and nursing on her right breast, and /Gaishay standing beside her
Nama Pan
/Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying down with /Gaishay about to lie beside her and Di!ai nursing Debe in the background
2001.29.22104 /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying down with /Gaishay about to lie beside her and Di!ai nursing Debe in the background
Nama Pan
Di!ai cooking in the ashes with Debe tied in her kaross and her son, /Gaishay, crouching beside her
2001.29.22886 Di!ai cooking in the ashes with Debe tied in her kaross and her son, /Gaishay, crouching beside her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Debe nursing on Di!ai's breast, /Gaishay standing behind her
2001.29.22110 Debe nursing on Di!ai's breast, /Gaishay standing behind her
Nama Pan
Di!ai standing with a group of children around her, including Bau, Debe, Di!ai's son /Gaishay, and !U's son /Gaishay
2001.29.22011 Di!ai standing with a group of children around her, including Bau, Debe, Di!ai's son /Gaishay, and !U's son /Gaishay
Nama Pan
Di!ai lying on her stomach with Debe lying next to her nursing, and /Gaishay sitting
2001.29.21928 Di!ai lying on her stomach with Debe lying next to her nursing, and /Gaishay sitting
Nama Pan
Di!ai with Debe sitting in her lap, nursing and clutching a toy bow and arrow, and her arms around /Gaishay
2001.29.22816 Di!ai with Debe sitting in her lap, nursing and clutching a toy bow and arrow, and her arms around /Gaishay
Nyae Nyae Conservancy