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/Naoka, wife of "Gao Medicine," squatting, and wearing an ostrich eggshell headband (print is a cropped image)
/Naoka, wife of "Gao Medicine," squatting, and wearing an ostrich eggshell headband (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25588.1
Display Title /Naoka, wife of "Gao Medicine," squatting, and wearing an ostrich eggshell headband (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
Dimensions Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 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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/Naoka, wife of "Gao Medicine," squatting, and wearing an ostrich eggshell headband (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25588 /Naoka, wife of "Gao Medicine," squatting, and wearing an ostrich eggshell headband (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Naoka (wife of "Gao Medicine") wearing an ostrich eggshell headband, squatting
2001.29.13911 /Naoka (wife of "Gao Medicine") wearing an ostrich eggshell headband, squatting
Gautscha
/Naoka (wife of "Gao Medicine") wearing an ostrich eggshell headband, squatting
2001.29.13906 /Naoka (wife of "Gao Medicine") wearing an ostrich eggshell headband, squatting
Gautscha
Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
2001.29.3135 Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
2001.29.3134 Portraits: /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) wearing an ostrich eggshell bead headdress
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka (first wife of "Gao Medicine") cooking ostrich eggs in an Ovambo pot (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31906 /Naoka (first wife of "Gao Medicine") cooking ostrich eggs in an Ovambo pot (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Naoka (first wife of "Gao Medicine") emptying contents from an ostrich eggshell into a pot, with a child sitting on somebody's back behind her
2001.29.23107 /Naoka (first wife of "Gao Medicine") emptying contents from an ostrich eggshell into a pot, with a child sitting on somebody's back behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying contents from an ostrich eggshell into a pot, with a child sitting on somebody's back behind her
2001.29.28916 /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying contents from an ostrich eggshell into a pot, with a child sitting on somebody's back behind her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) pounding with mortar and pestle, wearing ornaments and ostrich eggshell beads on her head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25543 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) pounding with mortar and pestle, wearing ornaments and ostrich eggshell beads on her head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) pounding with mortar and pestle, wearing ornaments and ostrich eggshell beads on her head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29930 [No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) pounding with mortar and pestle, wearing ornaments and ostrich eggshell beads on her head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987.2 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy