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Tsirakua woman with child

Nordenskiöld cites various foreign names for the Tsirákua (1912: 323, see below) and notes that he does not know their "real tribal name" (1910: 214). The language is closely related to Zamuco [Ayoreo?]. He names the Tsirákua woman depicted as a prisoner of war of the Yanáygua (Tapiete) (1910: 217) Literature: Nordenskiöld, Erland. 1912. Indian life. El Gran Chaco (South America). Leipzig: Albert Bonnier, cf. p. 307

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Object type
positives (photographs)
Dimensions
Bildformat (Foto): 12,6 x 9,6 cm
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VIII E 3678

Provenance and sources

when
1909
where
Bolivia [Land]
Gran Chaco [Region]
Rio Parapiti [Fluss/Gebiet]
who
Nordenskiöld, Erland - Photographers

who
Ethnografisches Museum Göteburg - Former Possessors

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