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Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(12)
Title:: Bateliers Boliviens, s'embarquant dans le port de Manáos. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Riverside scene at Manaus, showing Bolivian boatmen and their families climbing aboard a large wooden canoe drawn up beside the bank of the Rio Negro.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(13)
Title:: Hutte d'Indiens, soumis à Tarumá (Rio Negro). Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of a thatched hut in a clearing in the Tarumá district, near Manaus.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(14)
Title:: [Photographic copy of illustrations of an Indian head and petroglyphs from the Rio Madeira, Brazil.] Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photographic copy of a (?)watercolour illustration from a manuscript report. The page is headed with the title (in Spanish), 'Ethnographic and archaeological results of the exploration of the Rio Madeira.' Signed at bottom right, 'Franco. Keller.' This print is...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(15)
Title:: [Photographic copy of illustrations of Indian boats from the Rio Madeira, Brazil.] Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Photographic copy of a page of (?)watercolour illustrations from an undated report of an ethnographic and archaeological expedition to the Rio Madeira. See note at print 14.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1869
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(16)
Title:: L'intérieur d'une habitation d'Indiens sauvages Técunas sur la rivière Caldeirão, confluent de l'Amazonas, avec une famille entière; le père, la mère, la fille et la grand-mère. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Family group of Tecuna Indians in their hut. The figures have been montaged onto the background.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(17)
Title:: Técunas. Indiens sauvages dans la forêt, (homme et femme) sur la rivière Caldeirão confluent de l'Amazonas. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Tecuna man and woman, photographed in a clearing against a forest background. Unlike the majority of the ethnic portraits in the album, this photograph appears to have been taken in situ, and not created from a montage.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(18)
Title:: Mantu. Chef des Técunas avec ses 2 femmes. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Group portrait of the three Tecuna indians, montaged against a forest backdrop. The chief is seated on the left, with one wife beside him, the other standing behind.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(19)
Title:: Miranhas. Indiens antropophages à la chasse, ils gardent dans la bouche une boule composée de fueilles, sèchées, pilées de l'arbre cocca, mélées aux cendres du bois Embaúba et alors appelée Ipardú, qui les soutient forts et vigoureux pendant 3 jours sans prendre d'autre nourriture. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of three Indian hunters, their cheeks bulging with the balls of coca mixture described in the caption, and montaged against a backdrop of trees.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(20)
Title:: Malocca (rive gauche) ou habitation des Indiens sauvages, Caixanás, à 10 lieus de Tonantins. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of an Caixanas Indian village near Tonantins, with a family group seated in front of the large circular thatched malocca (communal house) in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(21)
Title:: Caixanas (rive gauche). Indiens sauvages à la chasse dans la forêt avec Carabatana, un caquois plain de flèches empoisonnées et le sac de Sumaúma. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of an Indian man and woman, rather crudely montaged against a forest backdrop. The pair are grouped on a palm leaf mat, with a woven basket on the right.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

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