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"N!ai in groups": Group of people sitting in the shade, including "Little N!ai" and /Naoka (wife of "Gao Medicine") (print is a cropped image)
"N!ai in groups": Group of people sitting in the shade, including "Little N!ai" and /Naoka (wife of "Gao Medicine") (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31198
Display Title "N!ai in groups": Group of people sitting in the shade, including "Little N!ai" and /Naoka (wife of "Gao Medicine") (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 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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Group of people sitting in the shade, including "Little N!ai" and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" wife)
2001.29.14108 Group of people sitting in the shade, including "Little N!ai" and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" wife)
Gautscha
Group of people sitting in the shade, including "Little N!ai" and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" wife) (image partly obscured)
2001.29.14111 Group of people sitting in the shade, including "Little N!ai" and /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" wife) (image partly obscured)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
2001.29.1906 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
2001.29.1905 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"N!ai in groups": N!ai playing a //guashi, with a large group sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31197 "N!ai in groups": N!ai playing a //guashi, with a large group sitting in "Gao Medicine's" werft
(print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31426 "The 1955 study of groups with children": Group of Ju/'hoansi including "≠Gao Lame" seated on a log and /Naoka, Gao Medicine's first wife, lying in the foreground, and left to right: /Naoka, mother of !U, Di!ai, with Debe in her lap, /Gaishay standing next to Tsamgao, and !U with !Ungka Norna in her lap, nursing (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
"N!ai in groups": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31196 "N!ai in groups": "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Khuan//a (daughter of "Old /Gaishay" and sister of "Gao Medicine") sitting behind her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
2001.29.1904 Groups, Extended Family: "Gao Medicine" sitting with members of his family, including N!ai playing //guashi (right), "Old /Gaishay" (left), "Crooked /Qui," //Khuga holding her baby Bau, /Gaishay (Gao Medicine's son) and /Naoka
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting: N!ai (/Ti!kay's second wife), /Goishay (N!ai's mother), /Naoka (/Goishay's sister), Gao (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's son), and /Khoa (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's daughter)
2001.29.12520 Group of people sitting: N!ai (/Ti!kay's second wife), /Goishay (N!ai's mother), /Naoka (/Goishay's sister), Gao (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's son), and /Khoa (/Ti!kay and his first wife /Naoka's daughter)
Gautscha
"Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31384 "Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31384.1 "Norna with groups": Five girls sitting in a row beside N!ai's wedding skerm, including N!ai, ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), Nama (daughter of "Geo Helmet" of Band 2) and ≠Nisa (wife of "/Gao Music" in Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay)
2001.29.1332 Ceremony, Choa: Group of people participating in a choa ceremony, including N!ai (/Naoka's sister, second wife of /Ti!kay) with her son Gao in the foreground, /Naoka (wife of /Ti!kay), Bau (/Naoka's daughter), and /Naoka (sister of /Naoka's mother, /Goishay)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy