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for "Grooming & haircuts": //Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Object Number
2001.29.30710.1
Display Title
"Grooming & haircuts": //Khuana looking for lice on her child's head, N!ai looking for lice in the child's beads, and /Gaishay (son of Gao and Di!ai) examining a //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "L. K. Marshall / A mother delouses her child with !Nai's help / !Nai's half-brother plays the //guashi / 44/9 / 44-9"; 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
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 19.685 × 14.9225 cm (7 3/4 × 5 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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