Ein Binsa, Zauberer der Niam-Niam. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Un Binsa, sorcier Niam-niam,' and signed 'R. Buchta.' Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length standing portrait of a Zande 'binsa' or witch doctor.
Ein Niam-Niam-Krieger. Photographer: Buchta, Richard
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Guerrier Niam-niam,' and signed 'R. Buchta.' Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Zande warrior, posed in left profile with shield and spears.
Native group, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group of young and older men: 'The accompanying group was taken in front of the ancient Cathedral (now a mosque) of St. Sophia. A friendly-disposed crowd of spectators had gathered round the mosque to witness the process of photographing the exterior of the ...
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated portrait of a man from the village of Prodhromos, near the summit of Mount Troodos: 'The villagers are a robust race, as may be gathered from the two following photographs, the first of which represents one of the chief people of the place, a man w...
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length seated portrait, looking to the left, of a man from Prodhromos, the nearest village to the summit of Mount Troodos: '...a tall, bony man of a most obliginly good-natured disposition...a bold, determined character, whose massive hands and muscular frame wo...
A village group, Trashibiola. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography Group portrait of villagers gathered in the cobbled courtyard of a house in Trashibiola, near Paphos, the owner of the house seated in the centre.
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-length standing studio portrait of a Japanese man, with his baggage carried on a staff across his shoulder.