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Jamamadi Indians

Caption Ehrenreich 1891 (see below): "Plate 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 feather jewellery and the blowgunner. Compared to the published drawing, it is mirror-inverted. Literature: 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

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Jamamadi (Yamamadí)
Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Bildformat (Foto): 17,7 x 11,8 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E Nls 129 KA

Provenance and sources

when
1889
where
Brazil [Land]
Rio Purús [Fluss]
who
Ehrenreich, Paul - Photographers
Jamamadi (Yamamadí)

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