Full-face torso portrait of a subject ""Tánun, prima de Kankél, Tehuelche, Araucana (Manzana)""
Scope & Content:
Full-face torso portrait of a subject. Handwritten caption in black pencil: "Tánun, prima de Kankél, Tehuelche, Araucana (Manzana)". In reverse, handwritten inscription in black pencil: "Tánun, prima de Kankél, Tehuelche"
“Museo de La Plata, Archivo Histórico y Fotográfico, Colección Cartes de visite” [c 1860-1880]
Scope & Content:
These cartes de visite represents mainly Andean indigenous peoples (34 documents over a total number of 42), comprising full length and torso studio photographic portraits. The remaining cards represent different persons of European origin from Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. These cards -small...