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Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) (print is a cropped image)
Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.29050
Display Title Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy / Nama Pan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.1613 × 16.51 cm (7 15/16 × 6 1/2 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29051 Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: Portrait of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) showing her ornaments and strings of ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31186 [No folder title]: Portrait of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) showing her ornaments and strings of ostrich eggshell beads (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam)
2001.29.23266 Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam)
Nama Pan
Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28860 Group sitting in a werft by a fire; left to right: "Old /Gasa," Dam ("Old /Gasa's" son-in-law; ≠Gisa's husband) playing a //guashi, an unidentified girl kneeling next to him, a woman, mostly likely /Goishay, and ≠Gao ("Old /Gasa's" son; Gau's brother) (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam)
2001.29.23268 Portrait in profile of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam)
Nama Pan
Portrait of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) showing her ornaments and strings of ostrich eggshell beads
2001.29.23267 Portrait of ≠Gisa (daughter of /Gasa and wife of Dam) showing her ornaments and strings of ostrich eggshell beads
Nama Pan
"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
"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
"Old /Gasa" sitting with two of her sons, Gao and ≠Gao, and her daughter, ≠Gisa (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29072 "Old /Gasa" sitting with two of her sons, Gao and ≠Gao, and her daughter, ≠Gisa (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Khuan//a sitting with her son, ≠Toma, and her sister-in-law, ≠Gisa; an unidentified woman lying down, "Old /Gasa," and an unidentified woman holding a girl (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28759 Khuan//a sitting with her son, ≠Toma, and her sister-in-law, ≠Gisa; an unidentified woman lying down, "Old /Gasa," and an unidentified woman holding a girl (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dam, ≠Gisa, and their youngest child cooking veldkos in a fire (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29055 Dam, ≠Gisa, and their youngest child cooking veldkos in a fire (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dam playing the //guashi and a girl, possibly /Gasa (≠Gao and /Goishay's oldest daughter), leaning against his shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28861 Dam playing the //guashi and a girl, possibly /Gasa (≠Gao and /Goishay's oldest daughter), leaning against his shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy