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"Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her (print is a cropped image)
"Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25664
Display Title "Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "print by A. Scherz / 48/1 / L.K. Marshall / An old woman cooks the head of an antelope / in hot coals in the ground. there is a / color transparency (2" x 2") of this / 48-1"; 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: 10.16 × 15.5575 cm (4 × 6 1/8 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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"Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
2001.29.14043 "Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson watching her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30421 [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson watching her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
2001.29.14048 "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" standing and holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25668 "Old /Gasa" standing and holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Group of people sitting in front of Gau's (of Band 2) skerm, including /Gasa, //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30209 Digging for roots: Group of people sitting in front of Gau's (of Band 2) skerm, including /Gasa, //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Food, Cooking: "Old /Gasa" cooking the head of an animal in a pit, with one of her grandsons (≠Gao or ≠Toma, Gau's sons) sitting beside her
2001.29.1649 Food, Cooking: "Old /Gasa" cooking the head of an animal in a pit, with one of her grandsons (≠Gao or ≠Toma, Gau's sons) sitting beside her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Living places, shelters": Group of people sitting in front of the skerm of Gau of Band 2, including "Old /Gasa," //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30862 "Living places, shelters": Group of people sitting in front of the skerm of Gau of Band 2, including "Old /Gasa," //Khuga (wife of /Naishi), a woman stringing beads, "Little /Qui," and "Old Gau" from Band 1 (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30422.1 [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Old Di//khao" (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) and her grandson, Gao (son of her daughter "Khwo//o-/Gasa" and Gao)
2001.29.26028 "Old Di//khao" (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) and her grandson, Gao (son of her daughter "Khwo//o-/Gasa" and Gao)
Gautscha
"Old Di//khao" (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) and her grandson, Gao (son of her daughter "Khwo//o-/Gasa" and Gao)
2001.29.14611 "Old Di//khao" (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) and her grandson, Gao (son of her daughter "Khwo//o-/Gasa" and Gao)
Gautscha
"Old /Gam," with something on her lips
2001.29.658 "Old /Gam," with something on her lips
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Group of people sitting around a fire, including /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), her son /Gaishay, "≠Gao Lame," and Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31218 "Children in groups": Group of people sitting around a fire, including /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife), her son /Gaishay, "≠Gao Lame," and Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha