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Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(37)
Title:: Miranhas (rive droite). Indiens demi civilisés près du lac Arini (père et mère), dont la femme porte un régime de bananes indigènes, appelées da Terra. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Miranhas Indian man and woman, montaged against a backdrop of the aerial roots of a (mangrove?) tree. The man is seated on the roots; the woman, standing in profile, carries a large stem of local bananas on her back.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(38)
Title:: Miranhas (rive droite). Indiens demi civilisés près du lac Arini (frère et sœur), dont la femme porte un régime de bananes indigènes, appelées da Terra. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography A similarly posed portrait to the preceding print, montaged against the same backdrop of roots, but showing a youth and a young woman.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(39)
Title:: Fabrication de caoutchouc operée principalement par la fumée de la semence des palmiers Urucuri e[t] Najá que l'on met dans le feu. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Showing an Indian man seated beside a pot in a forest, engaged in the production of rubber. The rubber is coated on the wooden paddle, which the man holds over an earthenware jar from which the base has been removed in order to form a chimney for the smoke from...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(40)
Title:: Famille (rive gauche) de Cacique Caracrái, les derniers de la tribu Paçé, venue de Rio Iça. 1 Indienne de pur sang de la tribu Maraúa, 1 Indienne pur sang de la tribu Cataúxi, avec deux mamelucas. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Montage of five oval portraits of Indians. In the centre a family group from the Rio Iça area, with four head-and-shoulders portraits of women at the corners.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(41)
Title:: Manáus. Une fileuse. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a young woman with a wooden spinning wheel, photographed in front of a house in Manaus. The same location (and the spinning wheel) can also be seen in print 10.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(42)
Title:: Indien Bolivien à Manáos avec son vêtement, fait d'une pièce des fibres du Tururí, voir N. 20. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a Bolivian Indian man, standing against a bleached out background and displaying the tunic he wears, made from the fibre of the Tururi tree. The same figure also appears in print 43, there described as a Bolivian rower or boatman.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(43)
Title:: Manáos. Un groupe de rameurs Boliviens. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two Bolivian boatmen, one standing with his hand resting on the shoulder of the seated figure,who holds a woven mat. The seated figure is also the subject of print 42. Like that portrait, they are seen against a bleached-out background.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(44)
Title:: Manáos. Indienne Tecúne, puisant de l'eau. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Tecuna Indian woman with a water pitcher, montaged against a backdrop of a river and forest scene.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(45)
Title:: Metis au bord d'un lac. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of two mixed-race women, one standing, the other seated with a water pitcher. The figures are placed against a montaged background of the tree and river scene from print 27.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(46)
Title:: Metis. La mère et l'enfant. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Full-length portrait of a seated mixed-race woman and her child, with a large pitcher to the right, montaged against a backdrop of forest vegetation.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

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