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"Babies nursing": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
"Babies nursing": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31283
Display Title "Babies nursing": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "L. K. Marshall / A young !Kung mother nurses her child / 32/6 / 32-6"; stamped on photograph (verso): "[crossed out: 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: 20.955 × 15.875 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 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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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) nursing her baby, profile
2001.29.884 ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) nursing her baby, profile
Gautscha
"Band 2, //Ao #44" & family": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30019 "Band 2, //Ao #44" & family": ≠Nisa, wife of //Ao, nursing her baby, profile (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Gisa (wife of //Ao) standing with her baby daughter, Khuan//a (after her hair was cut), and /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a)
2001.29.1366 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Gisa (wife of //Ao) standing with her baby daughter, Khuan//a (after her hair was cut), and /Qui (son of Gau and Khuan//a)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ghia (wife of //Ao) standing with her baby daughter, Khuan//a
2001.29.1365 Children, Mothers nursing babies: !Ghia (wife of //Ao) standing with her baby daughter, Khuan//a
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Nursing": /Naoka and N!ai (sisters and co-wives of /Ti!kay) nursing their babies (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31276.1 "Nursing": /Naoka and N!ai (sisters and co-wives of /Ti!kay) nursing their babies (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao in Band 2) standing with her daughter, Khuan//a, and /Qui (Gau's son) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31248 [No folder title]: ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao in Band 2) standing with her daughter, Khuan//a, and /Qui (Gau's son) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Grooming & haircuts": ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) sitting and holding her daughter in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30714 "Grooming & haircuts": ≠Nisa (wife of //Ao) sitting and holding her daughter in front of their skerm (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back, sitting next to a fire with the sons of Gau and Be
2001.29.14545 Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back, sitting next to a fire with the sons of Gau and Be
Gautscha
Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
2001.29.14544 Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
Gautscha
Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
2001.29.14543 Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
Gautscha
Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
2001.29.26002 Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son, /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
Gautscha
Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
2001.29.26003 Khuan//a (wife of Gau in Band 2) nursing her son /Qui, with Khuan//a (daughter of //Ao and ≠Nisa) tied to her back
Gautscha