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"Ostrich egg shell": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
"Ostrich egg shell": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30783
Display Title "Ostrich egg shell": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "Baby with ostrich egg shell water / container / 4/5 / 4-5"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Anneliese Scherz - Windhoek / Box 180"
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: 13.97 × 10.16 cm (5 1/2 × 4 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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"Ostrich egg shell": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30784 "Ostrich egg shell": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
2001.29.13862 Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
Gautscha
Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
2001.29.13867 Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
Gautscha
"Children": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31434 "Children": Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
2001.29.13863 Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
Gautscha
Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
2001.29.381 Baby (child of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, and Bau, his first wife) sitting next to an ostrich eggshell
Gautscha
"Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30787 "Ostrich egg shell bead making": "Old /Gam" making ostrich eggshell beads, close-up (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30526.1 "Waterhole / Gwia": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) with her daughter, Sa≠gai, sitting on her knees drinking from an ostrich eggshell; Tsamgao (Bau's husband) sitting beside her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Bau, wife of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, sitting and holding her daughter, !Ungka (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25593 Bau, wife of ≠Gao, leader of Band 10, sitting and holding her daughter, !Ungka (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Waterhole / Gwia": Woman filling an ostrich eggshell with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30535.1 "Waterhole / Gwia": Woman filling an ostrich eggshell with water at a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Naoka, first wife of /Ti!kay, performs a choa ceremony for her daughter, Bau, wife of Tsamgao. N!ai, /Naoka's sister; !Ghia, wife of ≠Gao; and Goishay, mother of /Naoka and N!ai are seated with their backs to the camera watching (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25528.1 /Naoka, first wife of /Ti!kay, performs a choa ceremony for her daughter, Bau, wife of Tsamgao. N!ai, /Naoka's sister; !Ghia, wife of ≠Gao; and Goishay, mother of /Naoka and N!ai are seated with their backs to the camera watching (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": /Naoka, wife of Ti!kay, drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with !Nani behind her, and /Khoa, her daughter, standing beside her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31211 "Children in groups": /Naoka, wife of Ti!kay, drinking from an ostrich eggshell, with !Nani behind her, and /Khoa, her daughter, standing beside her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha