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N!ai, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son), a girl, and a boy standing in front of an expedition truck  with "Peabody Museum of Harvard University" showing
N!ai, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son), a girl, and a boy standing in front of an expedition truck with "Peabody Museum of Harvard University" showing
Object Number 2001.29.28704
Display Title N!ai, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son), a girl, and a boy standing in front of an expedition truck with "Peabody Museum of Harvard University" showing
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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
Groups, "Nuclear Family": N!ai, the morning after her wedding, standing in front of her skerm, with her mother Di!ai preparing tsi to wash her ceremonially, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) and a little girl next to her
2001.29.3059 Groups, "Nuclear Family": N!ai, the morning after her wedding, standing in front of her skerm, with her mother Di!ai preparing tsi to wash her ceremonially, /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) and a little girl next to her
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Music: /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) playing the //guashi, with N!ai and another girl sitting behind him delousing a third girl
2001.29.2928 Children, Music: /Gaishay (Di!ai's son) playing the //guashi, with N!ai and another girl sitting behind him delousing a third girl
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: "The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31070 [No folder title]: "The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife)
2001.29.21959 "The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife)
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
/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
2001.29.22900 /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
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
/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
/Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) with a toy bow and arrow, pulling back the string to release an arrow
2001.29.22810 /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine" and Di!ai's son) with a toy bow and arrow, pulling back the string to release an arrow
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Naoka, Di!ai's co-wife, sitting in their living place under the tree, and Di!ai's son /Gaishay standing
2001.29.28115 /Naoka, Di!ai's co-wife, sitting in their living place under the tree, and Di!ai's son /Gaishay standing
Nama Pan
/Naoka, Di!ai's co-wife, sitting in their living place under the tree, and Di!ai's son /Gaishay standing
2001.29.21981 /Naoka, Di!ai's co-wife, sitting in their living place under the tree, and Di!ai's son /Gaishay standing
Nama Pan