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Woman sitting in a skerm nursing her child
Woman sitting in a skerm nursing her child
Object Number 2001.29.25906
Display Title Woman sitting in a skerm nursing her child
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: 16.5 × 20.3 cm (6 1/2 × 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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2001.29.25905 Di//khao (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) carrying a load of wood in her kaross and on her shoulder
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2001.29.14446 Di//khao (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) carrying a load of wood in her kaross and on her shoulder
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Di//khao (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) carrying a load of wood in her kaross and on her shoulder
2001.29.14445 Di//khao (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) carrying a load of wood in her kaross and on her shoulder
Gautscha
Di//khao (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) carrying a load of wood in her kaross and on her shoulder
2001.29.25904 Di//khao (wife of "Old /Gaishay" of Band 4) carrying a load of wood in her kaross and on her shoulder
Gautscha
Bau (wife of Bo) sitting inside a skerm, nursing her child
2001.29.14447 Bau (wife of Bo) sitting inside a skerm, nursing her child
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
Woman with a child on her shoulders, walking with a woman carrying a load of grass and a baby on her back
2001.29.26039 Woman with a child on her shoulders, walking with a woman carrying a load of grass and a baby on her back
Gautscha
≠Nisa (wife of //Ao, son of "Old ≠Toma) sitting in front of her skerm and holding her daughter, with her hand on the child's head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25710 ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao, son of "Old ≠Toma) sitting in front of her skerm and holding her daughter, with her hand on the child's head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
≠Nisa (wife of //Ao, son of "Old ≠Toma) sitting in front of her skerm and holding her daughter, with her hand on the child's head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25711 ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao, son of "Old ≠Toma) sitting in front of her skerm and holding her daughter, with her hand on the child's head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30022 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: //Kushay (Gao's second wife) standing and nursing her baby, Xama, in a kaross and an unidentified child beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30058 [No folder title]: //Kushay (Gao's second wife) standing and nursing her baby, Xama, in a kaross and an unidentified child beside her (print is a cropped image)
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Woman of Band 11 with her child tied in her kaross, sitting
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