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N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25547
Display Title N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.8275 × 20.6375 cm (6 5/8 × 8 1/8 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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"Music": N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30736 "Music": N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"N!ai in groups": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31196 "N!ai in groups": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi
2001.29.19484 N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi
Gautscha
"N!ai and /Gunda": "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30517 "N!ai and /Gunda": "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"N!ai in groups": N!ai playing a //guashi, with a large group sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31197 "N!ai in groups": N!ai playing a //guashi, with a large group sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft
(print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30516.5 "N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Group of Band 2 Khuan//a #52 //Kushay II #32": Group of Ju/'hoansi seated including Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29972 "Group of Band 2 Khuan//a #52 //Kushay II #32": Group of Ju/'hoansi seated including Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) and //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30111 [No folder title]: "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30099 [No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
N!ai with children: "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi and carrying Norna on her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29997 N!ai with children: "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi and carrying Norna on her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Music": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30739 "Music": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: N!ai and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30156 [No folder title]: N!ai and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha