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Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao in Band 2) standing among people who are picking beads out of ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm
Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao in Band 2) standing among people who are picking beads out of ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm
Object Number 2001.29.25947
Display Title Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao in Band 2) standing among people who are picking beads out of ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm
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: 16.6 × 20.2 cm (6 9/16 × 7 15/16 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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Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao in Band 2) standing among people who are picking beads out of ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm
2001.29.14482 Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao in Band 2) standing among people who are picking beads out of ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm
Gautscha
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14835 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14834 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha
≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
2001.29.14836 ≠Gao (brother of "Old Gau") sitting next to the ashes of a fire with his wife, Khwo//o-/Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), their son, Gao, ≠Gisa, ≠Gisa's mother and Khuan//a (wife of //Ao and sister of Khwo//o-/Gasa)
Gautscha
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Di!ai (left, leaning forward), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
2001.29.1860 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Di!ai (left, leaning forward), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
2001.29.1861 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including a boy playing a //guashi, //Khuga (daughter of "Gao Medicine") wearing a brown headband, Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), and Be and Khuan//a in the background (left)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old ≠Toma" and /Gam sitting in front of their skerm with a group of people, including ≠Toma, Khuan//a (second wife of Gau, son of "Old /Gasa"), //Kushay (daughter of "Old ≠Toma and first wife of "Gao Helmet"), ≠Gao (son of Khwo//o-/Gasa) and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao, son of "Old ≠Toma")
2001.29.14818 "Old ≠Toma" and /Gam sitting in front of their skerm with a group of people, including ≠Toma, Khuan//a (second wife of Gau, son of "Old /Gasa"), //Kushay (daughter of "Old ≠Toma and first wife of "Gao Helmet"), ≠Gao (son of Khwo//o-/Gasa) and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao, son of "Old ≠Toma")
Gautscha
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) drinking from an ostrich eggshell, and Be and Khuan//a together behind them
2001.29.1857 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right background), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) drinking from an ostrich eggshell, and Be and Khuan//a together behind them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
2001.29.1878 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
2001.29.1879 Groups: Group of people sitting around the ashes of "Gao Medicine's" fire, including Khwo//o (right), !U wearing ornaments, !Ungka (≠Toma's sister), Be and Khuan//a
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Kuan//a, "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma"), unidentified girl in front of "Old /Gam" (possibly Khuan//a, daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa, granddaughter of "Old /Gam"), and Be (first wife of Gau) sitting in front; and "Old ≠Toma" sitting in back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29276 [No folder title]: Kuan//a, "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma"), unidentified girl in front of "Old /Gam" (possibly Khuan//a, daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa, granddaughter of "Old /Gam"), and Be (first wife of Gau) sitting in front; and "Old ≠Toma" sitting in back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Fire, "Old ≠Toma's": People looking for beads in the ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" skerm, burned to the ground
2001.29.1637 Fire, "Old ≠Toma's": People looking for beads in the ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" skerm, burned to the ground
Nyae Nyae Conservancy