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Jamamadi Indians

Caption Ehrenreich, Paul. 1891. contributions to the ethnology of Brazil. I. The Karaya tribes on the Rio Araguaya (Goyaz) II. On some peoples on the Rio Purus (Amazonas) Berlin: W. Spemann, plate XIII / 2: "Taf. XIII. Paumari and Yamamadi. Men. [...] 2. group of Yamamadi men. L. Young man with feather jewellery (Pl. XV.1) and spear. R. older man with bow and poisoned arrows, their tips stuck in the palm leaf cap. In the centre a blowgunner with a bark belt (see p. 56)." The present illustration shows the man with the bow and the blowgunner. Compared to the published drawing, it is mirror-inverted.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Jamamadi (Yamamadí)
Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Height: 17,6 cm
Width: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Photo
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E Nls 130 KA

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1889
    where
    Brazil
    Rio Purús
    who
    Ehrenreich, Paul - Photographers
    Jamamadi (Yamamadí)
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Ethnology

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