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Husband, wife, her younger sister, and a boy sitting around a fire, roasting tsĩ
Husband, wife, her younger sister, and a boy sitting around a fire, roasting tsĩ
Object Number 2001.29.25447
Display Title Husband, wife, her younger sister, and a boy sitting around a fire, roasting tsĩ
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 Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 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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Husband, wife, and her younger sister sitting around a fire, roasting tsĩ
2001.29.25448 Husband, wife, and her younger sister sitting around a fire, roasting tsĩ
Gautscha
Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay), with Khokove using a fire paddle to cover tsi with ashes and a man working on an animal skin
2001.29.1336 Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay), with Khokove using a fire paddle to cover tsi with ashes and a man working on an animal skin
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food Gathering, Tsi: Khuan//a of Band 4 (wife of //Ao) wearing copper rings, sitting with another woman (possibly "Gao Medicine's" sister) and a woman from Band 9 or 10 next to a fire on a gathering trip
2001.29.3026 Food Gathering, Tsi: Khuan//a of Band 4 (wife of //Ao) wearing copper rings, sitting with another woman (possibly "Gao Medicine's" sister) and a woman from Band 9 or 10 next to a fire on a gathering trip
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Food Gathering, Tsi: Khuan//a of Band 4 (wife of //Ao) wearing copper rings, sitting with another woman (possibly "Gao Medicine's" sister) next to a fire on a gathering trip
2001.29.3025 Food Gathering, Tsi: Khuan//a of Band 4 (wife of //Ao) wearing copper rings, sitting with another woman (possibly "Gao Medicine's" sister) next to a fire on a gathering trip
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Move": 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)
2001.29.30765 "Move": 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
"Move": 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)
2001.29.30765.1 "Move": 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 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
[No folder title]: 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)
2001.29.30097 [No folder title]: 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
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1891 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
!Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25545 !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
!Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her
2001.29.19481 !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her
Gautscha
"Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30526.2 "Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha