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"Old N/aoka," mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar (print is a cropped image)
"Old N/aoka," mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.29071
Display Title "Old N/aoka," mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Department Photographic
Date 1955
Culture
  • Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Otjozondjupa / Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Light weight paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 16.3513 × 20.0025 cm (6 7/16 × 7 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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"Band 1, Old N/aoka 413 Mo. of !U, etc.": Old N/aoka, mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30034 "Band 1, Old N/aoka 413 Mo. of !U, etc.": Old N/aoka, mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Old N/aoka, mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar
2001.29.23293 Old N/aoka, mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Old N/aoka," mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar
2001.29.23292 "Old N/aoka," mother of !U, sitting by a fire, her knee over a mortar
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: !Ungka Norna seated on her mother's knee and drinking from an ostrich eggshell and an unidentified, visiting girl and /Naoka (!U's mother) in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31081 [No folder title]: !Ungka Norna seated on her mother's knee and drinking from an ostrich eggshell and an unidentified, visiting girl and /Naoka (!U's mother) in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
[No folder title]: Child drinking from an ostrich eggshell and a woman (likely /Naoka, U!'s mother) sitting beside a fire with a pot and bones before her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30432 [No folder title]: Child drinking from an ostrich eggshell and a woman (likely /Naoka, U!'s mother) sitting beside a fire with a pot and bones before her (print is a cropped image)
Nama Pan
Group of people sitting, including N!ai (/Ti!kay's second wife) and her son Gao, Gao (son of N/aoka and /Ti!kay), "Old /Goishay," "Old N/aoka" and N/aoka (daughter of /Qui and N!ai)
2001.29.11993 Group of people sitting, including N!ai (/Ti!kay's second wife) and her son Gao, Gao (son of N/aoka and /Ti!kay), "Old /Goishay," "Old N/aoka" and N/aoka (daughter of /Qui and N!ai)
Gautscha
Portrait of "Old Xama," mother of "Gao Beard," sitting beside her fire (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.29058 Portrait of "Old Xama," mother of "Gao Beard," sitting beside her fire (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: N≠isa (daughter of N/aoka and "Gao Medicine") adorned with ornamentsN≠isa (daughter of N/aoka and "Gao Medicine") adorned with ornaments (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31093 [No folder title]: N≠isa (daughter of N/aoka and "Gao Medicine") adorned with ornamentsN≠isa (daughter of N/aoka and "Gao Medicine") adorned with ornaments (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
[No folder title]: /Goishay (mother of N/aoka and N!ai, /Ti!kay's wives), portrait (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30175 [No folder title]: /Goishay (mother of N/aoka and N!ai, /Ti!kay's wives), portrait (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Khuan//a and her son, ≠Toma, "Old /Gasa" lying down, and an unidentified girl leaning on her mother's shoulder (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.28756 Khuan//a and her son, ≠Toma, "Old /Gasa" lying down, and an unidentified girl leaning on her mother's shoulder (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Group of people sitting, including !Ungka, /Gaishay, Di!ai, N!ai, N/aoka (Di!ai's mother) and "Old /Goishay"
2001.29.11997 Group of people sitting, including !Ungka, /Gaishay, Di!ai, N!ai, N/aoka (Di!ai's mother) and "Old /Goishay"
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