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[No folder title]: Woman carrying a child in a sling on her back walking toward a group of women and children, with her back to the camera (print is a cropped image)
[No folder title]: Woman carrying a child in a sling on her back walking toward a group of women and children, with her back to the camera (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.29324
Display Title [No folder title]: Woman carrying a child in a sling on her back walking toward a group of women and children, with her back to the camera (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 17.78 cm (5 × 7 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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Woman carrying a child in a sling on her back walking toward a group of women and children, with her back to the camera
2001.29.17226 Woman carrying a child in a sling on her back walking toward a group of women and children, with her back to the camera
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman carrying her baby tied on her back in her kaross, walking, with a child walking behind her, view from behind
2001.29.15684 Woman carrying her baby tied on her back in her kaross, walking, with a child walking behind her, view from behind
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: /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)
2001.29.30818 [No folder title]: /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
[No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29273 [No folder title]: Tsamgao, /Gunda, "≠Gao Lame" (headman of Band 1), unidentified man, ≠Gao (son of Gau), Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a), and !Naishi (with headband) sitting in the back row; and ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) with her baby, unidentified girl, unidentified woman (possibly from / /Ti!kay's group), unidentified child, "Little ≠Gao" (son of /Qui and //Kushay) and //Kushay (behind "Little ≠Gao") sitting in the front (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31360 "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987.2 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987.1 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31987 [No folder title]: /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine," emptying an ostrich egg into a pot, with child sitting on somebody's back behind her (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31345 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carrying a child on her back tosses the melon as !Ungka's cousin runs to catch it; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Bau from Band 10 digging for veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30906 [No folder title]: Bau from Band 10 digging for veldkos, with her child tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of !Nai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//kaho (her baby) sitting in the front row (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29272 [No folder title]: Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of !Nai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//kaho (her baby) sitting in the front row (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
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