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Object Number 2001.29.25966
Display Title Bau (/Ti!kay's daughter) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Artist Anneliese Scherz
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Dimensions Overall: 16.6 × 20.4 cm (6 9/16 × 8 1/16 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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Bau (/Ti!kay's daughter) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper
2001.29.25968 Bau (/Ti!kay's daughter) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her, view from the side
2001.29.2228 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her, view from the side
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
2001.29.2227 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
Gautscha
Top: ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka, holding her daughter Sa≠gai who is drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with Tsamgao, husband of /Ti!kay's daughter Bau, sitting beside her; Bottom: "Crooked /Qui" and another man digging for poison beetles
2001.29.25101 Top: ≠Toma's sister, !Ungka, holding her daughter Sa≠gai who is drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with Tsamgao, husband of /Ti!kay's daughter Bau, sitting beside her; Bottom: "Crooked /Qui" and another man digging for poison beetles
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
2001.29.29904 [No folder title]: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
Gautscha
"Waterhole / Gwia": Bau, /Ti!kay's daughter and an unidentified girl filling ostrich eggshells with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30533 "Waterhole / Gwia": Bau, /Ti!kay's daughter and an unidentified girl filling ostrich eggshells with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
2001.29.2242 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
2001.29.2238 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
2001.29.2240 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
2001.29.2239 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
2001.29.2241 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her
Gautscha
Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her, view from the side
2001.29.2244 Water: Bau (daughter of Ti!kay) filling an ostrich eggshell with a tortoise shell dipper, with another woman sitting next to her, view from the side
Gautscha