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Group of people seated, with a woman holding her child on her lap in the foreground
Group of people seated, with a woman holding her child on her lap in the foreground
Object Number 2001.29.26023
Display Title Group of people seated, with a woman holding her child on her lap in the foreground
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "print by A. Scherz / 210/4"; 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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 20.4 × 16.7 cm (8 1/16 × 6 9/16 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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Woman from /Ti!kay's group with her child, with //Kushay from Band 1 behind her
2001.29.26022.1 Woman from /Ti!kay's group with her child, with //Kushay from Band 1 behind her
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
"Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30526.1 "Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
!U seated, Norna in her lap
2001.29.25986 !U seated, Norna in her lap
Gautscha
/Naoka, first wife of /Ti!kay, performs a choa ceremony for her daughter, Bau, wife of Tsamgao. N!ai, /Naoka's sister; !Ghia, wife of ≠Gao; and Goishay, mother of /Naoka and N!ai are seated with their backs to the camera watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25528.1 /Naoka, first wife of /Ti!kay, performs a choa ceremony for her daughter, Bau, wife of Tsamgao. N!ai, /Naoka's sister; !Ghia, wife of ≠Gao; and Goishay, mother of /Naoka and N!ai are seated with their backs to the camera watching (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": /Naoka, wife of Ti!kay, drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with !Nani behind her, and /Khoa, her daughter, standing beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31211 "Children in groups": /Naoka, wife of Ti!kay, drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with !Nani behind her, and /Khoa, her daughter, standing beside her (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
[No folder title]: /Naoka, wife of /Ti!kay, carrying her son !Nani on her shoulders and her daughter /Khoa in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31375 [No folder title]: /Naoka, wife of /Ti!kay, carrying her son !Nani on her shoulders and her daughter /Khoa in her kaross (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of men performing a curing dance, including /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
2001.29.25802.1 Group of men performing a curing dance, including /Gam dancing in the middle and a young man dancing behind her
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
[No folder title]: !U holding Norna on her lap (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29950 [No folder title]: !U holding Norna on her lap (print is a cropped image)
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