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Woman nursing her child sitting in the grass
Woman nursing her child sitting in the grass
Object Number 2001.29.28592
Display Title Woman nursing her child sitting in the grass
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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Woman nursing her child sitting in the grass
2001.29.22618 Woman nursing her child sitting in the grass
Nama Pan
Woman sitting in a skerm nursing her child
2001.29.25906 Woman sitting in a skerm nursing her child
Gautscha
Children, Mothers nursing babies: Woman with scarification leaning against a skerm, nursing a child; showing belongings in bags, baby's haircut and sinew wrapped around body
2001.29.1375 Children, Mothers nursing babies: Woman with scarification leaning against a skerm, nursing a child; showing belongings in bags, baby's haircut and sinew wrapped around body
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Bau (wife of Bo) sitting inside a skerm, nursing her child
2001.29.14447 Bau (wife of Bo) sitting inside a skerm, nursing her child
Gautscha
"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
Woman nursing her child, with an older woman in the background, members of the band visiting from Okwa
2001.29.27345 Woman nursing her child, with an older woman in the background, members of the band visiting from Okwa
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Children, Mothers nursing babies: ≠Toma's sister sitting and her child standing, with an elderly woman wrapped in kaross lying on the ground nearby
2001.29.5705 Children, Mothers nursing babies: ≠Toma's sister sitting and her child standing, with an elderly woman wrapped in kaross lying on the ground nearby
Gautscha
Woman visiting from Okwa, nursing her child, portrait
2001.29.27348 Woman visiting from Okwa, nursing her child, portrait
/Ai Ha !O Pan
Gathering grass for bedding: Woman carrying a child and a load of grass in her kaross on her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30257 Gathering grass for bedding: Woman carrying a child and a load of grass in her kaross on her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting by a skerm, with a child sitting on her lap nursing
2001.29.2821 Children, Mother and children: Woman sitting by a skerm, with a child sitting on her lap nursing
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Band 1 Crooked /Qui (19) //Khuga (20) Bau (21)": //Khuga nursing her daughter, Bau, and her husband "Crooked /Qui" sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29948 "Band 1 Crooked /Qui (19) //Khuga (20) Bau (21)": //Khuga nursing her daughter, Bau, and her husband "Crooked /Qui" sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: Khuan//a (Gau's wife) placing ostrich egg shells wrapped in grass in her kaross and her child standing near her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31161 [No folder title]: Khuan//a (Gau's wife) placing ostrich egg shells wrapped in grass in her kaross and her child standing near her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan