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Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Object Number 2001.29.28638
Display Title Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
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
Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.22673 Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Nama Pan
Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.22676 Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Nama Pan
Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.28640 Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Nama Pan
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30788 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.22675 Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Nama Pan
Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.28639 Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Nama Pan
Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.22674 Close-up of Di!ai (Xama's daughter) smoothing strung ostrich eggshell beads
Nama Pan
"Old Xama," Di!ai (wife of Gao), Xama's daughter, her two children and "Old /Gasa"
2001.29.29209 "Old Xama," Di!ai (wife of Gao), Xama's daughter, her two children and "Old /Gasa"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old Xama," Di!ai (wife of Gao and Xama's daughter), her two children and "Old /Gasa"
2001.29.23684 "Old Xama," Di!ai (wife of Gao and Xama's daughter), her two children and "Old /Gasa"
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Werft: Group of people sitting near "Old Xama's" skerm, with "Gao Helmet's" tree and skerms in the background
2001.29.2288 Werft: Group of people sitting near "Old Xama's" skerm, with "Gao Helmet's" tree and skerms in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"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 "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
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