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"Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
"Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Object Number 2001.29.31914
Display Title "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
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: 35.5601 × 27.9401 cm (14 × 11 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
"Old /Gasa" standing and holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25668 "Old /Gasa" standing and holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30422.1 [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30422 [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30422.2 [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" holding a wildebeest head (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" standing, holding a wildebeest head
2001.29.14052 "Old /Gasa" standing, holding a wildebeest head
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25664 "Old /Gasa" cooking a wildebeest head, with her grandson ≠Toma (son of Gau) watching her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" loading the head of a wildebeest into her kaross, showing the method of carrying a large object (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25655 "Old /Gasa" loading the head of a wildebeest into her kaross, showing the method of carrying a large object (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson watching her (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30421 [No folder title]: "Old /Gasa" putting a wildebeest head in a hole with coals, with her grandson watching her (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Old /Gasa" standing, holding a wildebeest head
2001.29.14051 "Old /Gasa" standing, holding a wildebeest head
Gautscha
Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25558 Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30885 [No folder title]: Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), Gao Medicine, an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25559 Group of Ju/'hoansi telling stories including "Lame ≠Gao" seen from behind, ≠Gao (Khwo//o's-/Gasa's husband), "Gao Medicine," an unidentified person, ≠Toma, !Naishi, "Old Xama" holding a child, "Gao Helmet," "Old Demi" lying down, "Crooked /Qui," Gao (Debe's son, Zuma's husband), ≠Toma (!Naishi's son), and Zuma (Gao's wife) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha