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"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31351
Display Title "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written in pencil on photograph (verso): "L. K. Marshall / Two women playing the ball game. One carries / her baby niece. A little boy plays with them / 207/9 / 207-9"; 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: 13.335 × 21.2725 cm (5 1/4 × 8 3/8 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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"The 1957-8 Games": Girls playing the "piggy-back" game at the pan, including ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), "Little !Nai" and ≠Nisa (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31352 "The 1957-8 Games": Girls playing the "piggy-back" game at the pan, including ≠Gisa (daughter of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa), "Little !Nai" and ≠Nisa (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Women's Ball Game": Young women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31340 "Women's Ball Game": Young women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
/Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son) and "Little ≠Gau" ("/Qui Navel's" son) playing or dancing (left), and young women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game)
2001.29.26011.1 /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son) and "Little ≠Gau" ("/Qui Navel's" son) playing or dancing (left), and young women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game)
Gautscha
Children playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with John Marshall filming them
2001.29.16306 Children playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with John Marshall filming them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31360 "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game), with a girl carrying a child over her back, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31344.1 "Women's Ball Game": Girls playing N!owa t/ama (melon tossing game) / tamah n!o’an (ball game); an unidentified, visiting girl carries a child on her back as she plays; other children present in the background (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Woman playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with John Marshall standing in the background
2001.29.16320 Woman playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), with John Marshall standing in the background
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Two women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), dancing
2001.29.16316 Two women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), dancing
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/Gaishay, ≠Toma's son, pushing a tortoise shell with a stick. He is saying "brrrrr" and calls the game "playing auto" (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25694.1 /Gaishay, ≠Toma's son, pushing a tortoise shell with a stick. He is saying "brrrrr" and calls the game "playing auto" (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl being carried away by other dancers, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31357.1 "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl being carried away by other dancers, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
"The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl being carried away by other dancers, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31357 "The 1957-8 Games": Group of women and girls playing Tcxai Djxani (a dancing game) at a tree, with one girl being carried away by other dancers, John Marshall filming them (print is a cropped image)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), dancing, with John Marshall standing near them
2001.29.16314 Women playing tamah n!o’an (ball game) / !’hu kuitzi (veldkos game), dancing, with John Marshall standing near them
Nyae Nyae Conservancy