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"Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Norna tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
"Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Norna tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.25754
Display Title "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Norna tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "print by A. Scherz / 84/7 / !Nai carries her small (girl) cousin / She is singing, dancing, playing the //guashi for fun. / the baby (≠Toma's daughter, Norna !Ungka) has had her first / hair cut. / L.K. Marshall / 84-7"; 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: 20.955 × 7.62 cm (8 1/4 × 3 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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"Music": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30739 "Music": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: !U tuning a //guashi, tightening the strings, with Norna sitting on her lap (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29935 [No folder title]: !U tuning a //guashi, tightening the strings, with Norna sitting on her lap (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Boys and girls dancing, with a girl playing the //guashi; "Little N!ai" is standing fourth from the left (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31217 "Children in groups": Boys and girls dancing, with a girl playing the //guashi; "Little N!ai" is standing fourth from the left (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Grooming & haircuts": //Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30710.1 "Grooming & haircuts": //Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25661 //Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Carrying children": Woman carrying a baby (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31263.2 "Carrying children": Woman carrying a baby (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
[No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29927 [No folder title]: //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) sitting and playing the //guashi with her child seated on her shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Carrying children": ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) carrying /Gaishay, (son of Di!kay and "Gao Medicine") (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31258 "Carrying children": ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) carrying /Gaishay, (son of Di!kay and "Gao Medicine") (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Music": N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30736 "Music": N!ai sitting and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Music": /Gishay (Gau's son) playing the //guashi and sitting with "Little N!ai" and //Khuga (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30745 "Music": /Gishay (Gau's son) playing the //guashi and sitting with "Little N!ai" and //Khuga (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
!Ungka (≠Toma's sister) and her daughter, Sa≠gai, who is playing with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25544 !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) and her daughter, Sa≠gai, who is playing with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha