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for "Nursing": Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) sitting on the ground and an unidentified child in her lap (print is a cropped image)
Object Number
2001.29.31280
Display Title
"Nursing": Khuan//a (Gau's second wife) sitting on the ground and an unidentified child in her lap (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "One of the many sitting and nursing / positions / note beads. Tortois shell cosmetic box / it has aromatic powder in it / called sa with which the women /dust themselves / 310-4 / 310-4"; stamped on photograph (verso): "For restricted use / not for publication / copy no. / L. Marshall" and "Please return / to / L. K. Marshall / 4 Bryant St. / Cambridge, Mass."
Department
Photographic
Date
1951
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 15.875 × 12.065 cm (6 1/4 × 4 3/4 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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