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Object Number
2001.29.31285
Display Title
"Babies nursing": !U, !Ungka, Di!kai (≠Toma's sister) and "≠Gao Lame" sitting, with five ostrich egg shells on the ground next to them (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written on note with print: "≠Toma's sister !Ungka / from Kai Kai / nursing her own daughter / Sa gai (sp?) and Norna"
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 adhered to Paper
Dimensions
Overall: 16.51 × 20.32 cm (6 1/2 × 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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![[No folder title]: 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 !Nai) 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//kaho (her baby) sitting in the front row (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/741920/postagestamp)
!["≠Toma's sister !Ungka from Kai Kai, Her da. [daughter] Sa≠gai, she is wife of /Ga[i]shay": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) and her daughter, Sa≠gai, who is playing with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743581/postagestamp)
!["≠Toma's sister !Ungka from Kai Kai, Her da. [daughter] Sa≠gai, she is wife of /Ga[i]shay": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) and her daughter, Sa≠gai, who is playing with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743582/postagestamp)
!["≠Toma's sister !Ungka from Kai Kai, Her da. [daughter] Sa≠gai, she is wife of /Ga[i]shay": !Ungka (≠Toma's sister) and her daughter, Sa≠gai, who is playing with a mortar and pestle (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/743580/postagestamp)
