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"Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
"Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
Object Number 2001.29.412.1
Display Title "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Stamped on photograph (verso): "Anneliese Scherz - Windhoek / Box 180"
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
Dimensions Overall: 15.875 × 20.6375 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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"Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31898 "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Norna with groups": "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31383.2 "Norna with groups": "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Norna with groups": "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31383.1 "Norna with groups": "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Norna with groups": "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31383 "Norna with groups": "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
2001.29.412 "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
Gautscha
"Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
2001.29.14436 "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
Gautscha
"Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
2001.29.412.2 "Little N!ai" (left) and three unidentified girls sitting with !Ungka Norna (center)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Boys and girls dancing, with a girl playing the //guashi; "Little N!ai" is standing fourth from the left (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31217 "Children in groups": Boys and girls dancing, with a girl playing the //guashi; "Little N!ai" is standing fourth from the left (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
"Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Norna tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25754 "Little N!ai" playing the //guashi, with Norna tied to her back (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
2001.29.684 Unidentified Ju/'hoan man, Herero man wearing a hat, unidentified Ju/'hoan man (all three visiting from Kai Kai), ≠Toma, Tsamgao (his son), and /Gunda (husband of N!ai) sitting in the back row; and !Ungka (≠Toma's sister from Kai Kai) with Sa≠gai and ≠Kham (her two children), an unidentified girl, !Ungka (Norna) (daughter of ≠Toma and !U), and !U with Di//khao (her baby) sitting in the front row
Gautscha
"N!ai on ant hill making patterns, girls playing on ant hill": Children dancing on an ant hill, with girls making patterns in the sand with their feet (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31398.1 "N!ai on ant hill making patterns, girls playing on ant hill": Children dancing on an ant hill, with girls making patterns in the sand with their feet (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha