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31. 1783.cc.20(35)

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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

32. 1783.cc.20(28)

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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

33. 1783.cc.20(14)

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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

34. 1783.cc.20(21)

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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

35. 1783.cc.20(23)

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1783.cc.20(23)
Title:
Caixanas (rive gauche). Indiens sauvages (femme et homme), avec la lance et la couronne de lianes sur la tête, peuplade très passifique d'un teint très-clair. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of an Indian man (standing), with the woman seated beside him, montaged against the same forest background seen in print 22. The man wears a conical headdress made from the liana.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

36. 1783.cc.20(39)

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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

37. 1783.cc.20(16)

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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

38. 1783.cc.20(7)

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1783.cc.20(7)
Title:
Sitio de Tapuyas (métis), au bord du Solimões avec 2 arbres Assacu, dont la sêve brûle instantanément la peau. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Mixed-race Tapuya family group posed in front of their thatched house in a forest clearing on the Solimões (Amazon). The poisonous trees mentioned in the caption, a little over five feet high, stand in front of the house. 'Sitio' means a country house or farm in...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

39. 1783.cc.20(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1783.cc.20(24)
Title:
Miranhas demi civilisés, de la rivière Japurá coté droit de l'Amazonas, ne parlant cependant pas le portugais. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Portrait of a Miranhas man and woman, in European dress and posed in front of thatched huts. The woman holds a machete and has a woven basket slung on her back, supported by a sling across her forehead, the man carries a bow and arrows. The figures are montaged...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

40. 1783.cc.20(33)

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

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