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"Living places, shelters": "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of a partially constructed skerm with his family members, including /Naoka (his first wife) and ≠Toma, Di!ai is working on the skerm behind them (print is a cropped image)
"Living places, shelters": "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of a partially constructed skerm with his family members, including /Naoka (his first wife) and ≠Toma, Di!ai is working on the skerm behind them (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.30866
Display Title "Living places, shelters": "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of a partially constructed skerm with his family members, including /Naoka (his first wife) and ≠Toma, Di!ai is working on the skerm behind them (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1952-1953
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Gautscha
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Cardboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.525 × 12.3825 cm (3 3/4 × 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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"Gao Medicine" sitting in front of a partially constructed skerm with his family members, including /Naoka (his first wife) and ≠Toma, Di!ai is working on the skerm behind them
2001.29.14809 "Gao Medicine" sitting in front of a partially constructed skerm with his family members, including /Naoka (his first wife) and ≠Toma, Di!ai is working on the skerm behind them
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": Bo (brother of /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine") sitting with his children in a skerm built for shade in hot weather (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30856.1 "Living places, shelters": Bo (brother of /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine") sitting with his children in a skerm built for shade in hot weather (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": Bo (brother of /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine") sitting with his children in a skerm built for shade in hot weather (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30856 "Living places, shelters": Bo (brother of /Naoka, first wife of "Gao Medicine") sitting with his children in a skerm built for shade in hot weather (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka and N!ai (his wives) next to his fire in front of a skerm; N!ai is pounding something in a mortar
2001.29.14843 /Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka and N!ai (his wives) next to his fire in front of a skerm; N!ai is pounding something in a mortar
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": /Naoka, wife of /Ti!kay, building a skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30852 "Living places, shelters": /Naoka, wife of /Ti!kay, building a skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Ti!kay sitting beside his fire, and his first wife, /Naoka, at the skerm opening
2001.29.26165 /Ti!kay sitting beside his fire, and his first wife, /Naoka, at the skerm opening
Gautscha
/Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka (his first wife) next to his fire in front of a skerm
2001.29.14842 /Ti!kay sitting with /Naoka (his first wife) next to his fire in front of a skerm
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": People looking for beads in the ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30859.1 "Living places, shelters": People looking for beads in the ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": People looking for beads in the ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30859 "Living places, shelters": People looking for beads in the ashes from "Old ≠Toma's" burned skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": Man sleeping next to a skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30860 "Living places, shelters": Man sleeping next to a skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Living places, shelters": //Kushay (wife of "/Qui Navel") standing, with "Little ≠Gao" holding on to her back, !Ungka sitting on the ground using her digging stick to dig a hole for a branch of a skerm frame (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30865 "Living places, shelters": //Kushay (wife of "/Qui Navel") standing, with "Little ≠Gao" holding on to her back, !Ungka sitting on the ground using her digging stick to dig a hole for a branch of a skerm frame (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of men seated in front of a skerm, one taking his arrows out of a quiver
2001.29.26186 Group of men seated in front of a skerm, one taking his arrows out of a quiver
Gautscha