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≠Gao squatting with his daughter beside a fire and in front of a skerm
≠Gao squatting with his daughter beside a fire and in front of a skerm
Object Number 2001.29.25420
Display Title ≠Gao squatting with his daughter beside a fire and in front of a skerm
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 Paperboard
Dimensions zOverall: 16.6688 × 20.32 cm (6 9/16 × 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 squatting with his daughter beside a fire and in front of a skerm (photograph is a cropped image)
2001.29.25420.1 ≠Gao squatting with his daughter beside a fire and in front of a skerm (photograph is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "/Gao Music" lying beside his fire keeping his belongings nearby (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31118 [No folder title]: "/Gao Music" lying beside his fire keeping his belongings nearby (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"/Gao Music" lying beside his fire keeping his belongings nearby
2001.29.22667 "/Gao Music" lying beside his fire keeping his belongings nearby
Nama Pan
"/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm
2001.29.28584 "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm
Nama Pan
"/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing
2001.29.22607 "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing
Nama Pan
"/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm
2001.29.22606 "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31113 [No folder title]: "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm, with //Kushay standing (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31112 [No folder title]: "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm
2001.29.22608 "/Qui Navel" and his son, "Little ≠Gao," lying down beside a fire in the skerm
Nama Pan
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14836 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30022 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14835 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha