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"Rites - 1st kill": Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
"Rites - 1st kill": Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30816.1
Display Title "Rites - 1st kill": Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "LB43808 / 55-114P 19"; stamped on photograph (verso): "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass."
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 17.145 × 10.795 cm (6 3/4 × 4 1/4 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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"Rites - 1st kill": Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30817 "Rites - 1st kill": Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Rites - 1st kill": Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30816 "Rites - 1st kill": Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30885 [No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder]: Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31861 [No folder]: Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
2001.29.30516.3 "N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi
Gautscha
"N!ai and /Gunda": "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30516 "N!ai and /Gunda": "Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khwan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30516.2 "N!ai and /Gunda": Little N!ai" and /Gunda (son of Khuan//a and her former husband) sitting by their skerm with their wedding party, including Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma and !U), ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Xama (daughter of "Gao Helmet" and //Kushay), ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be), and a boy playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) standing with his arms around another boy (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31210 "Children in groups": Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) standing with his arms around another boy (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28729 Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather
2001.29.22805 Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather
2001.29.22804 Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather
2001.29.22803 Gao (≠Gao and Khwo//o's son) wearing a headband with a feather
Nyae Nyae Conservancy