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Gathering group eating white root
Gathering group eating white root
Object Number 2001.29.25880
Display Title Gathering group eating white root
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "print by A. Scherz / 137/8"; 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: 18 × 15.5 cm (7 1/16 × 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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Group eating !xwa, the water root: Group of women and girls eating pieces of white root (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30245.1 Group eating !xwa, the water root: Group of women and girls eating pieces of white root (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Dam and //Kushay and their child sitting by fire, cooking roots (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29934 [No folder title]: Dam and //Kushay and their child sitting by fire, cooking roots (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Women gathering the long orange roots from which they make fiber cord
2001.29.25819 Women gathering the long orange roots from which they make fiber cord
Gautscha
Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.736 Digging for roots: Bau from Band 10 digging veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
!U seated, Norna in her lap
2001.29.25986 !U seated, Norna in her lap
Gautscha
Group eating !xwa, the water root: Group of women and girls eating pieces of white root (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30245 Group eating !xwa, the water root: Group of women and girls eating pieces of white root (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": People returning to the werft with wood, showing the central tree and the cleared places where dances take place, distant view (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30857.1 "Living places, shelters": People returning to the werft with wood, showing the central tree and the cleared places where dances take place, distant view (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Men and boys gathering mangettis (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25845.1 Men and boys gathering mangettis (print is a cropped image)
Mangetti Forest
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
[No folder title]: Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including ≠Toma (his son with Be), his son !Naishi, his first wife Be, Gau, his second wife Khuan//a and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son with a first husband), and ≠Gao (his son with Be) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30015.1 [No folder title]: Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including ≠Toma (his son with Be), his son !Naishi, his first wife Be, Gau, his second wife Khuan//a and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son with a first husband), and ≠Gao (his son with Be) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Tsi: Girl gathering tsi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30284.1 Tsi: Girl gathering tsi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi, headman of Band 5, and //Khuga) sitting in front of a skerm, playing a //guashi
2001.29.25872 Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi, headman of Band 5, and //Khuga) sitting in front of a skerm, playing a //guashi
Gautscha