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/Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying on grass beside a bowl
/Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying on grass beside a bowl
Object Number 2001.29.22858
Display Title /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying on grass beside a bowl
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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/Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying on grass beside a bowl (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28775 /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying on grass beside a bowl (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
"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
Lorna Marshall taking notes, !Ungka Norna lying in !U's lap, /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) and other unidentified people in the background
2001.29.22709 Lorna Marshall taking notes, !Ungka Norna lying in !U's lap, /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) and other unidentified people in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Lorna Marshall taking notes, !Ungka Norna lying in !U's lap, /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) and other unidentified people in the background
2001.29.28668 Lorna Marshall taking notes, !Ungka Norna lying in !U's lap, /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) and other unidentified people in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), /Gaishay (≠Toma and !U's son), and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) sitting beside ashes
2001.29.22887 /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), /Gaishay (≠Toma and !U's son), and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) sitting beside ashes
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), /Gaishay (≠Toma and !U's son), and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) sitting beside ashes (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28800 /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), /Gaishay (≠Toma and !U's son), and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) sitting beside ashes (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
2001.29.3063 Groups, "Nuclear Family": Group of people sitting by "/Gao Music's" skerm, including Khuan//a ("Gao Medicine's" sister) wearing copper rings in her hair, //Khuga with her hand to her face and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old /Gasa," an unidentified woman and child, and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying down
2001.29.19510 "Old /Gasa," an unidentified woman and child, and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying down
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa," an unidentified woman and child, and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying down (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25569 "Old /Gasa," an unidentified woman and child, and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) lying down (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Groups: women & children": Group of people sitting around a fire, including /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) cooking, her son /Gaishay playing a //guashi, "≠Gao Lame," and Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) playing a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29960 "Groups: women & children": Group of people sitting around a fire, including /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) cooking, her son /Gaishay playing a //guashi, "≠Gao Lame," and Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) playing a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Group of people sitting around a fire, including /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), her son /Gaishay, "≠Gao Lame," and Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31218 "Children in groups": Group of people sitting around a fire, including /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), her son /Gaishay, "≠Gao Lame," and Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha