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"Old Demi" and woman from /Ti!kay's group by fire; woman's kaross decorated with cowrie shells
"Old Demi" and woman from /Ti!kay's group by fire; woman's kaross decorated with cowrie shells
Object Number 2001.29.26093
Display Title "Old Demi" and woman from /Ti!kay's group by fire; woman's kaross decorated with cowrie shells
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Showing a kaross" / "print by A. Scherz / 223/6"-"; 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
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 × 17 cm (4 11/16 × 6 11/16 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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"Old Demi" and a woman from /Ti!kay's group sitting by a fire; the woman's kaross is decorated with cowrie shells
2001.29.14757 "Old Demi" and a woman from /Ti!kay's group sitting by a fire; the woman's kaross is decorated with cowrie shells
Gautscha
"Ornaments & beads": Woman from /Ti!kay's group sitting (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30792 "Ornaments & beads": Woman from /Ti!kay's group sitting (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of women of /Ti!kay's group sitting, with the veldkos they have gathered in front of them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30250 [No folder title]: Group of women of /Ti!kay's group sitting, with the veldkos they have gathered in front of them (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
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]: Woman from /Ti!kay's group standing and carrying her baby (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31242 [No folder title]: Woman from /Ti!kay's group standing and carrying her baby (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
Woman tying her kaross to make pouch for carrying veldkos (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25879.1 Woman tying her kaross to make pouch for carrying veldkos (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Pulling on Kaross / Pulling on Gemsbok Horns / Carrying on Kaross "Airplane".": Two boys pulling "Little /Qui" on a kaross, a game they frequently played (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.800.1 "Pulling on Kaross / Pulling on Gemsbok Horns / Carrying on Kaross "Airplane".": Two boys pulling "Little /Qui" on a kaross, a game they frequently played (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": Be (Bo's daughter) putting veldkos into her kaross like a grown woman
2001.29.31237 "Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": Be (Bo's daughter) putting veldkos into her kaross like a grown woman
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": Be (Bo's daughter) putting veldkos into her kaross like a grown woman
2001.29.31237.1 "Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": Be (Bo's daughter) putting veldkos into her kaross like a grown woman
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": Be (Bo's daughter) putting veldkos into her kaross like a grown woman
2001.29.31237.2 "Little ≠Gao with Be (Da. [daughter] of Bo), [with] /Gaishay and Bau (da [daughter] of Crooked /Qui)": Be (Bo's daughter) putting veldkos into her kaross like a grown woman
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Demi" (leader of Band 6) sitting, holding /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son)
2001.29.383 "Old Demi" (leader of Band 6) sitting, holding /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son)
Gautscha