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"Gao Medicine" sitting on grass, and Di!ai sitting by the fire and eating something she has pounded in the mortar (print is a cropped image)
"Gao Medicine" sitting on grass, and Di!ai sitting by the fire and eating something she has pounded in the mortar (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25689
Display Title "Gao Medicine" sitting on grass, and Di!ai sitting by the fire and eating something she has pounded in the mortar (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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.8275 × 20.32 cm (6 5/8 × 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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"Gao Medicine" sitting on grass, and Di!ai sitting by the fire and eating something she has pounded in the mortar
2001.29.14085 "Gao Medicine" sitting on grass, and Di!ai sitting by the fire and eating something she has pounded in the mortar
Gautscha
Woman eating food she has pounded with a mortar and pestle, sitting with another woman near a skerm
2001.29.16460 Woman eating food she has pounded with a mortar and pestle, sitting with another woman near a skerm
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Girl eating raw green leaves that she has pounded in a mortar
2001.29.9540 Girl eating raw green leaves that she has pounded in a mortar
Tsumkwe
Di!ai and !U sitting with Norna and Debe standing next to them; Norna has her head in a bowl
2001.29.28172 Di!ai and !U sitting with Norna and Debe standing next to them; Norna has her head in a bowl
Nama Pan
Di!ai and !U sitting with Norna and Debe standing next to them; Norna has her head in a bowl
2001.29.22046 Di!ai and !U sitting with Norna and Debe standing next to them; Norna has her head in a bowl
Nama Pan
"Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
2001.29.21984 "Gao Medicine" sitting with /Naoka, his first wife, and Di!ai, his second wife, lying down and nursing Debe, with /Gaishay standing
Nama Pan
"Mortar and pestle": Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something in a mortar, with a child sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30417 "Mortar and pestle": Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something in a mortar, with a child sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Group of people sitting around a fire, including "Gao Medicine," Di!ai, "Little /Gaishay," and "≠Gao Lame" playing the //guashi
2001.29.14210 Group of people sitting around a fire, including "Gao Medicine," Di!ai, "Little /Gaishay," and "≠Gao Lame" playing the //guashi
Gautscha
Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar; a child sitting behind her
2001.29.22625 Di!ai, wife of Gao, pounding something, using a mortar; a child sitting behind her
Nama Pan
"N!ai the morning after her wedding anointed by her mother with cooked and pounded tsi": Di!ai anointing "Little N!ai" with tsi in the early morning after her wedding of the night before (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29915 "N!ai the morning after her wedding anointed by her mother with cooked and pounded tsi": Di!ai anointing "Little N!ai" with tsi in the early morning after her wedding of the night before (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Di!ai sitting and reaching out to hand something to somebody, and Debe standing beside her
2001.29.28144 Di!ai sitting and reaching out to hand something to somebody, and Debe standing beside her
Nama Pan
Di!ai sitting and reaching out to hand something to somebody, and Debe standing beside her
2001.29.22017 Di!ai sitting and reaching out to hand something to somebody, and Debe standing beside her
Nama Pan