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Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories (print is a cropped image)
Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.28482
Display Title Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.1613 cm (6 1/2 × 7 15/16 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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Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28483 Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories
2001.29.22464 Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories
2001.29.22463 Back of N!ai's head showing beads and other hair accessories
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": N!ai showing her head ornaments; the triangular ones hanging over her forehead are said to be female, whereas the rectangular ones at the back of her head are said to be male (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29925 "Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": N!ai showing her head ornaments; the triangular ones hanging over her forehead are said to be female, whereas the rectangular ones at the back of her head are said to be male (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31384.1 "Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31384 "Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[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
/Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) with a toy bow and arrow, pulling back the string to release an arrow (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28733 /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) with a toy bow and arrow, pulling back the string to release an arrow (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"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)
2001.29.30710.1 "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)
Gautscha
Family in Nai Nai: N!ai and a woman standing in front of one of the expedition's GMC trucks with "Smithsonian Institution Kalahari Expedition" showing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30053.1 Family in Nai Nai: N!ai and a woman standing in front of one of the expedition's GMC trucks with "Smithsonian Institution Kalahari Expedition" showing (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[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
[No folder title]: Profile of N≠isa showing an earring of a few copper beads (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31094 [No folder title]: Profile of N≠isa showing an earring of a few copper beads (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy