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"Band 1, Lame ≠Gao (6)": Gau (Be's husband) (print is a cropped image)
"Band 1, Lame ≠Gao (6)": Gau (Be's husband) (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30039
Display Title "Band 1, Lame ≠Gao (6)": Gau (Be's husband) (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on board (verso): "!Kung Bushmen cut their hair in a great / variety of patterns - for ornamentation and pleasure. / The patterns are not associated with status in / any way. Individuals vary the patterns of the / cutting from one time to another according to / their whim." / (Gau Hu of Be and Khuan//a)"
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 × 16.51 cm (8 × 6 1/2 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Gau (Be's husband)
2001.29.22772 Gau (Be's husband)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gau (Be's husband)
2001.29.22771 Gau (Be's husband)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29067 Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son
2001.29.23285 Gau, his two wives, Be and Khuan//a, and four of their children sitting on grass padding, their belongings on a branch; Left to right: Be (Gau's first wife), !Naishi (Be's son), /Qui (Khuan//a's son), an unidentified child, Gau, Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), and her youngest son
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29273 [No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front
2001.29.685 Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front
Gautscha
Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including ≠Toma (his son with Be), his son !Naishi, his first wife Be, Gau, his second wife Khuan//a and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son with a first husband), and ≠Gao (his son with Be)
2001.29.14092 Gau of Band 2 sitting with his family in front of a skerm, including ≠Toma (his son with Be), his son !Naishi, his first wife Be, Gau, his second wife Khuan//a and their son /Qui, /Gunda (Khuan//a's son with a first husband), and ≠Gao (his son with Be)
Gautscha
"Old ≠Toma", Khuan//a, and //Kushay; one of Be's sons is leaning against Khuan//a's leg
2001.29.26143 "Old ≠Toma", Khuan//a, and //Kushay; one of Be's sons is leaning against Khuan//a's leg
Gautscha
"Old ≠Toma" and Khuan//a sitting in front of their skerm with //Kushay and one of Be's sons leaning against Khuan//a's leg
2001.29.14819 "Old ≠Toma" and Khuan//a sitting in front of their skerm with //Kushay and one of Be's sons leaning against Khuan//a's leg
Gautscha
"Old ≠Toma" and Khuan//a sitting in front of their skerm with //Kushay and one of Be's sons leaning against Khuan//a's leg
2001.29.14820 "Old ≠Toma" and Khuan//a sitting in front of their skerm with //Kushay and one of Be's sons leaning against Khuan//a's leg
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1922 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
2001.29.1924 Groups, Extended Family: Gau's family sitting in front of a skerm (left to right): ≠Toma, !Naishi, Be their mother, Gau, /Qui held by Khuan//a (Gau's second wife), /Gunda (husband of N!ai and son of Khuan//a by a former marriage with Bo) and ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy