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"Old Gau" to the left, two unidentified Ju/'hoan boys, Di!ai, and Gao, father of N!aba, all seated
"Old Gau" to the left, two unidentified Ju/'hoan boys, Di!ai, and Gao, father of N!aba, all seated
Object Number 2001.29.28205
Display Title "Old Gau" to the left, two unidentified Ju/'hoan boys, Di!ai, and Gao, father of N!aba, all seated
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama Pan
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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"Old Gau" to the left, two unidentified Ju/'hoan boys, Di!ai, and Gao, father of N!aba, all seated
2001.29.22085 "Old Gau" to the left, two unidentified Ju/'hoan boys, Di!ai, and Gao, father of N!aba, all seated
Nama Pan
"Old Gau" and Gao, father of N!aba, with Daniel Blitz taking a photograph and Casper Kruger standing next to him
2001.29.21739 "Old Gau" and Gao, father of N!aba, with Daniel Blitz taking a photograph and Casper Kruger standing next to him
/Gam
Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
2001.29.28665 Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
2001.29.22705 Seated group including !Ungka Norna holding !U and left to right, back row: Kernel Ledimo and Lorna Marshall seated in chairs, /Naoka (!U's mother), an unidentified woman, Kwho//o ("/Gao Music's" mother), Xama ("Gao Beard's" mother), //Khuga ("Gao Medicine's" daughter), three unidentified women; left to right, front: Di!ai, Debe, possibly Tsamgao, and Bau standing beside her father, Crooked /Qui
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Gau" and Gao, father of N!aba, with Daniel Blitz taking a photograph and Casper Kruger standing next to him
2001.29.622 "Old Gau" and Gao, father of N!aba, with Daniel Blitz taking a photograph and Casper Kruger standing next to him
/Gam
"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
Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
2001.29.684 Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
Gautscha
"Toys, Gun, Tsamgao's camera": Gao, father of N!aba, an unidentified child, and a bucket (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31334 "Toys, Gun, Tsamgao's camera": Gao, father of N!aba, an unidentified child, and a bucket (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gao, father of N!aba, an unidentified child, and a bucket
2001.29.22057 Gao, father of N!aba, an unidentified child, and a bucket
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: Di!ai watching /Qui (Gau and Khuan//a's son) and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) face each other; Bau and other unidentified children around them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31150 [No folder title]: Di!ai watching /Qui (Gau and Khuan//a's son) and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) face each other; Bau and other unidentified children around them (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Di!ai watching /Qui (Gau and Khuan//a's son) and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) face each other; Bau and other unidentified children around them
2001.29.22901 Di!ai watching /Qui (Gau and Khuan//a's son) and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) face each other; Bau and other unidentified children around them
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: /Qui (Gau and Khuan//a's son) on the left and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) on the right facing each other with clenched fists; Bau (Crooked /Qui's daughter) and Di!ai stringing beads behind them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31149 [No folder title]: /Qui (Gau and Khuan//a's son) on the left and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) on the right facing each other with clenched fists; Bau (Crooked /Qui's daughter) and Di!ai stringing beads behind them (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan