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"Move": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
"Move": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30765
Display Title "Move": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "!Kung Bushmen women preparing to leave the / place where they have been staying and to / move to another where some other wild plant food / is ripening. / Women from Band II: Left //Kushay II Gao Beard's / 2nd wi; middle with white beads in hair Xama / his Da. right //Kushay I his 1st wi / Published in Natural History. June-July 1958 pp 306-7 / There is a duplicate glossie / of this, a darker print.) / X-36 (35 mm)"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass."
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: 20.32 × 25.4001 cm (8 × 10 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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"Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30022 "Gao Helmet and family, Band 2": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet," headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30097 [No folder title]: Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet," headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Move": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30765.1 "Move": Group preparing to leave Gautscha for a hunting and gathering trip, including //Kushay (second wife of "Gao Helmet", headman of Band 2), Xama (Gao's daughter with his first wife) with bead ornaments in her hair, Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay and Di//khao, //Kushay's sister) leaning over (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1891 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
2001.29.1892 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Helmet" sitting with his family in his dwelling place, including Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay"), Khwo//o-/Gasa, ≠Gao (husband of Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife, daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), //Kushay (first wife of "Gao Helmet"), "Old ≠Toma" (father of //Kushay), Zuma (daughter of /Xama and sister of "Gao Helmet"), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his first wife), //Khuga (wife of !Naishi), and Khuan//a (daughter of //Khuga and !Naishi)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29929 "//Kushay II #32, 2nd wife of Gao #28": //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Kushay (daughter of /Qui and /Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his second wife) and another child standing next to a tree, with a net and rattles hanging from the tree
2001.29.14371 //Kushay (daughter of /Qui and /Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his second wife) and another child standing next to a tree, with a net and rattles hanging from the tree
Gautscha
"Children": //Kushay (daughter of /Qui and /Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his second wife) and another child standing next to a tree, with a net and rattles hanging from the tree (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31436 "Children": //Kushay (daughter of /Qui and /Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his second wife) and another child standing next to a tree, with a net and rattles hanging from the tree (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
//Kushay (daughter of /Qui and /Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his second wife) and another child standing next to a tree, with a net and rattles hanging from the tree
2001.29.25865 //Kushay (daughter of /Qui and /Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and his second wife) and another child standing next to a tree, with a net and rattles hanging from the tree
Gautscha
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
2001.29.25946 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
Gautscha
//Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
2001.29.14480 //Kushay ("Gao Helmet's" second wife) and Xama (her little daughter) playing with the mortar, sitting beside their skerm
Gautscha
Group of Ju/'hoansi sitting in a werft; Left to right: /Gasa (/Qui's wife and !Naishi's daughter), /Qui (Gao's brother), //Kushay (/Gasa and /Qui's daughter) holding a stick, and other unidentified people
2001.29.25453 Group of Ju/'hoansi sitting in a werft; Left to right: /Gasa (/Qui's wife and !Naishi's daughter), /Qui (Gao's brother), //Kushay (/Gasa and /Qui's daughter) holding a stick, and other unidentified people
Gautscha