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/Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) sitting with Norna (print is a cropped image)
/Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) sitting with Norna (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25618
Display Title /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) sitting with Norna (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "print by A Scherz / 36-3"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Anneliese Scherz - Windhoek / Box 180"
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: 17.78 × 15.875 cm (7 × 6 1/4 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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[No folder title]: /Gaishay, ≠Toma's son, holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31205 [No folder title]: /Gaishay, ≠Toma's son, holding Norna (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gaishay, ≠Toma's son, pushing a tortoise shell with a stick. He is saying "brrrrr" and calls the game "playing auto" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25694.1 /Gaishay, ≠Toma's son, pushing a tortoise shell with a stick. He is saying "brrrrr" and calls the game "playing auto" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Rites - 1st kill": !U with Norna, and another woman (probably ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka) with her baby (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30815 "Rites - 1st kill": !U with Norna, and another woman (probably ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka) with her baby (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
"Norna & /Gaishay, Band 1": /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) sitting with Norna (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31306 "Norna & /Gaishay, Band 1": /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) sitting with Norna (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Khuan//a (Gau's wife) holding !Ungka Norna; Khuan//a's son, /Qui, sitting on her legs (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25550 Khuan//a (Gau's wife) holding !Ungka Norna; Khuan//a's son, /Qui, sitting on her legs (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Naoka's son) delousing "≠Gao Lame," with /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") watching, ≠Toma (son of Gau) playing a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31215 "Children in groups": /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Naoka's son) delousing "≠Gao Lame," with /Gishay (son of "Old Gau") watching, ≠Toma (son of Gau) playing a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Tsamgao (≠Toma's son) pulling /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31223 "Children in groups": Tsamgao (≠Toma's son) pulling /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) on a kaross (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) sitting with Norna (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31916 /Gaishay (son of ≠Toma and !U) sitting with Norna (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine" and Di!ai), Bau (daughter of "Crooked /Qui"), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel") standing on an ant hill (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25621.1 /Gaishay (son of "Gao Medicine" and Di!ai), Bau (daughter of "Crooked /Qui"), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel") standing on an ant hill (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
!U seated, Norna in her lap
2001.29.25986 !U seated, Norna in her lap
Gautscha
"Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": "Little ≠Gao," "/Qui Navel's" son, pulling Norna on a kaross, and Be watching them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31235 "Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": "Little ≠Gao," "/Qui Navel's" son, pulling Norna on a kaross, and Be watching them (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha