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Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(27)
Title:: Urucurana (Hieronyma alchornioides (?) Fr. all.), arbre de 150 pieds de haut, donnant des fruits avec lesquels on prend le poisson. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View of a tall urucurana tree growing on the bank of the Solimões (Amazon). This view is used in the montaged background seen in print 45.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(28)
Title:: Amaúas. Indiens antropophages assis et debout, avec massue et lance. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two Amauas Indians, one seated holding a club with a broad flat blade, the other standing with spears. The figures are montaged against a largely plain background, with trees at the left.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(29)
Title:: Amaúas. Indiens antropophages debout, avec massue et lance. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of the two Amauas Indians also seen in print 28, montaged against the same background, but with both figures standing in this study.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(30)
Title:: Amaúas. Indiens antropophages avec massue, apprêts de combat. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of one of the Amauas Indians seen in the two preceding prints, standing holding a club and montaged against a river landscape.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(31)
Title:: Amaúas. Indiens antropophages avec lance empoisonnée, apprêts de chasse. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of an Amauas Indian man (also seen in prints 28-29), montaged against the same river background seen in print 30, holding a short spear and a club.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(32)
Title:: Amaúas. Indiens antropophages, position pour frapper avec la Guiarú (massue). Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of an Amauas Indian man (the same figure seen in several of the preceding prints), posed with a club held in striking position across his shoulder, montaged against a backdrop of partly cleared forest.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(33)
Title:: Forêt vierge sur l'Amazonas avec un Sumaúma (Eriodendron Sumauma Mart.) de 220 pieds de haut et 8 à 12 pieds de diamètre, produisant une capsule de la grandeur d'un petit melon, remplie de grains entourés d'un coton soyeux magnifique. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a tall kapok or silk cotton tree in the forest.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(34)
Title:: Seringueira. Arbre à caoutchouc ou gomme élastique (Siphonia elastica Pers.) 100 pieds de haut. Les Indiens Cambebas furent les premiers qui préparèrent cette résine. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a tall rubber tree in the forest. The photographer's portable dark tent can be seen at the left at the foot of the tree.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(35)
Title:: Castanheiro (Chataignes du Pará). (Bertholletia excelsa H. et B.) Arbre de 180 pieds de haut, excellent bois de constructions navales; ses fibres sont la meilleure étoupe pour calfat, et les noix contenues dans des capsules, sont très appréciées en Europe. Il y en a des forêts entières. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a tall Brazil nut tree, standing with a few other trees in recently cleared forest.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(36)
Title:: Tinambucca (inconnu de nous botaniquement) sur l'Amazonas, 170 pieds de haut, arbre dont les Indiens contruisent les pirogues de grande dimension. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a tall, unnamed tree, standing in recently cleared forest.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

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