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"Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
"Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.29924
Display Title "Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in red on board (verso): "55 %"; typed on label on board (verso): "#133-12 - From Laurence K. Marshall / [crossed out: Bechuanaland] / Kalahari Bushmen. / Girl playing // Guashi."; stamped on board (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass." and "Jan 1961 BCs / Rec'd Jan 1961"
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 Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.6375 × 20.32 cm (8 1/8 × 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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"Old ≠Toma & his grand da. [daughter], Da [Daughter] of //Ao #44 & N≠isa 45 child - Band 2": "Old ≠Toma" holding his granddaughter, Khuan//a (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29926 "Old ≠Toma & his grand da. [daughter], Da [Daughter] of //Ao #44 & N≠isa 45 child - Band 2": "Old ≠Toma" holding his granddaughter, Khuan//a (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son) and "Little ≠Gau" ("/Qui Navel's" son) playing or dancing (left), and young women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game)
2001.29.26011.1 /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son) and "Little ≠Gau" ("/Qui Navel's" son) playing or dancing (left), and young women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game)
Gautscha
≠Toma: ≠Toma working on arrows and sitting with his family, including Tsamgao, /Gaishay and !U holding !Ungka Norna on her lap (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30048 ≠Toma: ≠Toma working on arrows and sitting with his family, including Tsamgao, /Gaishay and !U holding !Ungka Norna on her lap (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29922 "Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Side view of "Crooked /Qui" running bent over with a quiver (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31096 [No folder title]: Side view of "Crooked /Qui" running bent over with a quiver (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
2001.29.30516.3 "N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
Gautscha
"N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30516.2 "N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Oracle disk": Man throwing oracle disks, and a group of men sitting and watching him (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30774 "Oracle disk": Man throwing oracle disks, and a group of men sitting and watching him (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29921 "Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29921.1 "Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30316.1 "The hunting hand signs": Person demonstrating the hunting hand signal; sign for wildebeests, which have widely spread horns (print is a cropped image)
/Ai Ha !O Pan
"N!ai and /Gunda": "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30516.1 "N!ai and /Gunda": "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha