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[No folder title]: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family and relatives
[No folder title]: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family and relatives
Object Number 2001.29.29917
Display Title [No folder title]: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family and relatives
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Gibbs / 132-5"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass."
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: 20.32 × 12.7 cm (8 × 5 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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[No folder title]: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family and relatives (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29941 [No folder title]: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family and relatives (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Gao Helmet" sitting his extended family and relatives, including Khuan//a of Band 4, Khwo//o-/Gasa and her husband ≠Gao with their daughter //Kushay, /Gasa, //Khuga, "Old /Gam," Xama, //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka, and ≠Toma (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30131 [No folder title]: "Gao Helmet" sitting his extended family and relatives, including Khuan//a of Band 4, Khwo//o-/Gasa and her husband ≠Gao with their daughter //Kushay, /Gasa, //Khuga, "Old /Gam," Xama, //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka, and ≠Toma (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Band 2, Gao Helmet #28 & extended family": "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family and relatives, including Khuan//a of Band 4, Khwo//o-/Gasa and her husband ≠Gao, //Kushay, /Gasa, //Khuga, "Old /Gam," Xama, //Kushay, /Tuka, and ≠Toma (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30010 "Band 2, Gao Helmet #28 & extended family": "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family and relatives, including Khuan//a of Band 4, Khwo//o-/Gasa and her husband ≠Gao, //Kushay, /Gasa, //Khuga, "Old /Gam," Xama, //Kushay, /Tuka, and ≠Toma (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
2001.29.14365 "Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
Gautscha
"Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
2001.29.14364 "Gao Helmet" sitting with extended family in his werft, including Khuan//a of Band 4 (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), Khwo//o-Gasa (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao), ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), /Gasa (wife of /Qui, "Gao Helmet's" brother), //Khuga (/Gasa's mother, wife of "Old !Naishi"), "Old /Gam" (wife of "Old ≠Toma", mother of //Kushay), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" first wife), /Tuka (husband of Xama) and ≠Toma (son of /Naishi)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "/Qui Hunter" holding a bow and arrow, showing method of holding and releasing
2001.29.30273.1 [No folder title]: "/Qui Hunter" holding a bow and arrow, showing method of holding and releasing
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Crooked /Qui" and three other men digging for poison beetles (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30293 [No folder title]: "Crooked /Qui" and three other men digging for poison beetles (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: /Ti!kay carrying bags on a carrying stick and an assegai, with Gautscha Pan in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30891.1 [No folder title]: /Ti!kay carrying bags on a carrying stick and an assegai, with Gautscha Pan in the background (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of people sitting and telling stories, including "Lame ≠Gao," ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama," "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, Crooked /Qui, Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), and ≠Toma (!Naishi's son) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29912 [No folder title]: Group of people sitting and telling stories, including "Lame ≠Gao," ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama," "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, Crooked /Qui, Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), and ≠Toma (!Naishi's son) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1890 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his extended family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30885 [No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao," ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama," "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, Crooked /Qui, Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), and ≠Toma (!Naishi's son) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30880 [No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao," ≠Gao (Khwo//o-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama," "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, Crooked /Qui, Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), and ≠Toma (!Naishi's son) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha