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Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right), and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' legs
Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right), and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' legs
Object Number 2001.29.28021
Display Title Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right), and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' legs
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / <County> / /Gam
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 12.3825 cm (4 × 4 7/8 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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Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right), and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' legs
2001.29.21865 Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right), and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas' legs
/Gam
Debe nursing, and Di!ai holding /Gaishay while Elizabeth Marshall Thomas puts medicine in his eyes
2001.29.21868 Debe nursing, and Di!ai holding /Gaishay while Elizabeth Marshall Thomas puts medicine in his eyes
/Gam
Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and Debe, Kernel Ledimo and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas comforting /Gaishay
2001.29.21869 Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and Debe, Kernel Ledimo and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas comforting /Gaishay
/Gam
Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and Debe, Kernel Ledimo and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas comforting /Gaishay
2001.29.28024 Di!ai nursing /Gaishay and Debe, Kernel Ledimo and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas comforting /Gaishay
/Gam
Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right)
2001.29.21864 Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right)
/Gam
Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right)
2001.29.28020 Di!ai sitting with her two youngest children, /Gaishay (left) and Debe (right)
/Gam
"Children playing, Elizabeth's [Elizabeth Marshall Thomas] 1955 observations": /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying on the ground, with Bau leaning against her and Debe and /Gaishay holding sticks (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31401 "Children playing, Elizabeth's [Elizabeth Marshall Thomas] 1955 observations": /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) lying on the ground, with Bau leaning against her and Debe and /Gaishay holding sticks (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
!Ungka Norna, Bau, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son), /Naoka, her son, /Gaishay, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas taking notes, and other unidentified people
2001.29.28300 !Ungka Norna, Bau, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son), /Naoka, her son, /Gaishay, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas taking notes, and other unidentified people
Nama Pan
!Ungka Norna, Bau, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son), /Naoka, her son, /Gaishay, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas taking notes, and other unidentified people
2001.29.22199 !Ungka Norna, Bau, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son), /Naoka, her son, /Gaishay, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas taking notes, and other unidentified people
Nama Pan
"Nursing": Di!ai sitting in a werft with a cord of beads in her mouth while nursing /Gaishay and Debe (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31273 "Nursing": Di!ai sitting in a werft with a cord of beads in her mouth while nursing /Gaishay and Debe (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
2001.29.22093 Group of people including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsmagao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing
Nama Pan
"The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31426 "The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan