Subject: Bananas - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

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):: Mss Eur F191/332(330)
Title:: Elephant eating our last bananas. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:: Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of elephant eating bananas while three people are sitting up on him.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mar 1928
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 1224/4(71)
Title:: Cochin China. Animites [Annamites, i.e.Vietnamese]. Photographer: Émile Gsell
Scope & Content:: Carte de visite size portrait of two children, seated on the floor with items of food and cutlery.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1870-1879
Extent:: 1 item

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