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Gao sitting and holding a carrying net
Gao sitting and holding a carrying net
Object Number 2001.29.25484
Display Title Gao sitting and holding a carrying net
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / <County> / /Gam
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.4788 × 14.605 cm (8 1/16 × 5 3/4 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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2001.29.25483 Gao sitting, seen from the side
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/Gam
Gao sitting and holding his child
2001.29.25492 Gao sitting and holding his child
/Gam
Gao sitting with his child leaning on him
2001.29.25490 Gao sitting with his child leaning on him
/Gam
Children, Carrying: Gao (headman of Band 12 at Gam) with his wife and a child sitting by their fire; the child is throwing a bow
2001.29.5706 Children, Carrying: Gao (headman of Band 12 at Gam) with his wife and a child sitting by their fire; the child is throwing a bow
Gautscha
Gao sitting, half-figure
2001.29.25497 Gao sitting, half-figure
/Gam
Group of Ju/'hoansi sitting in a werft; Left to right: /Gasa (/Qui's wife and !Naishi's daughter), /Qui (Gao's brother), //Kushay (/Gasa and /Qui's daughter) holding a stick, and other unidentified people
2001.29.25453 Group of Ju/'hoansi sitting in a werft; Left to right: /Gasa (/Qui's wife and !Naishi's daughter), /Qui (Gao's brother), //Kushay (/Gasa and /Qui's daughter) holding a stick, and other unidentified people
Gautscha
"Individuals I [Lorna Marshall] can't identify": Gao sitting and holding his child
2001.29.29876 "Individuals I [Lorna Marshall] can't identify": Gao sitting and holding his child
/Gam
[No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi sitting in a werft; left to right: /Gasa (/Qui's wife and !Naishi's daughter), /Qui (Gao's brother), //Kushay (/Gasa and /Qui's daughter) holding a stick, and other unidentified people (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29893 [No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi sitting in a werft; left to right: /Gasa (/Qui's wife and !Naishi's daughter), /Qui (Gao's brother), //Kushay (/Gasa and /Qui's daughter) holding a stick, and other unidentified people (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Children, Carrying: Wife of "Gao Hunchback" (headman of Band 11) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headband, sitting with a child tied to her back
2001.29.1384 Children, Carrying: Wife of "Gao Hunchback" (headman of Band 11) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headband, sitting with a child tied to her back
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1576 Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Old /Gam" sitting with ≠Nisa, /Gasa holding a baby and /Naoka holding Khuan//a (≠Nisa's child) in front of Gau's skerm, with a kudu head on the ground next to the skerm
2001.29.1917 Groups, Extended Family: "Old /Gam" sitting with ≠Nisa, /Gasa holding a baby and /Naoka holding Khuan//a (≠Nisa's child) in front of Gau's skerm, with a kudu head on the ground next to the skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy