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"≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
"≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25575
Display Title "≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole (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 × 20.32 cm (6 5/8 × 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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"≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25575.1 "≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole
2001.29.13874 "≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of men and boys playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "Old Naishi" (headman of Band 5), and "≠Gao Lame" (standing) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30882 [No folder title]: Group of men and boys playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "Old Naishi" (headman of Band 5), and "≠Gao Lame" (standing) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Porcupine or Axe and Assegai [game]": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31311 "Porcupine or Axe and Assegai [game]": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of men and boys playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "Old Naishi" (headman of Band 5), and "≠Gao Lame" (standing) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25602 Group of men and boys playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "Old Naishi" (headman of Band 5), and "≠Gao Lame" (standing) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of men and boys playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "Old Naishi" (headman of Band 5), and "≠Gao Lame" (standing) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30882.1 [No folder title]: Group of men and boys playing a game, including "Gao Medicine," "Old Naishi" (headman of Band 5), and "≠Gao Lame" (standing) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Music": ≠Toma (son of Gau) playing the //guashi, with "≠Gao Lame," an unidentified boy and Tsamgao listening to him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30740 "Music": ≠Toma (son of Gau) playing the //guashi, with "≠Gao Lame," an unidentified boy and Tsamgao listening to him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31212 "Children in groups": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Porcupine or Axe and Assegai [game]": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31311.1 "Porcupine or Axe and Assegai [game]": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29273 [No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Boys sitting at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25573 Boys sitting at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Grooming & haircuts": "≠Gao Lame" delousing another boy and Tsamgao lying on the ground next to them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30715 "Grooming & haircuts": "≠Gao Lame" delousing another boy and Tsamgao lying on the ground next to them (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha