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![[No folder title]: Close up of Di!ai (wife of Gao) pounding something, using a mortar (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/748694/preview)
Object Number
2001.29.31115
Display Title
[No folder title]: Close up of Di!ai (wife of Gao) pounding something, using a mortar (print is a cropped image)
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations
Written in pencil on board (verso): "A !Kung Bushman woman pounding some / wild plant food which she has gathered. / (She is Di!ai, Da of Old Xama, Wi of Gao who is So of Old /Gasa)"
Department
Photographic
Date
1955
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Otjozondjupa
/
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
/
Nama Pan
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 × 16.51 cm (8 × 6 1/2 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]: "The visiting girl" sitting, !U lying down with Norna against her, Di!ai's sons /Gaishay and Debe playing with sticks, and Bau sitting with /Naoka (Di!ai's co-wife) (print is a cropped image)](/internal/media/dispatcher/748626/postagestamp)
