IDNO

P.21237.WHI

Description

On Catalogue Card for duplicate image LS.26713.WHI: "N.W. Amazon. 175.18.
(?) Raft made from bulging-stem palm, for crossing river”.

View of “inundated country” with a “raft made of a bulging-stem palm” in the foreground. Four ?South American Indians, probably some of Whiffen’s “carriers” are wading in the water next to the raft. The man on the left is holding a paddle. [TC 09/06/1999]

Place

S America; Colombia; North West Amazon

Cultural Affliation

South American Indian

Named Person

Photographer

Whiffen, Thomas William

Collector / Expedition

Date

1908 - 1909

Collection Name

Whiffen Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

This print was found in a small envelop marked C90/3/, in a large envelope marked C90/ by the cataloguer. Prior to re-housing, C90/3/ contained eight photographic prints, now accessioned as P.19862. to P.19885., and P.21235. to P.21239.

C90/ was previously stored in large wooden drawer I.

Related Image: A duplicate print is at the RAI, reference 36155, and annotated by Whiffen in pencil on the reverse as "Forerunners of party - inundated country."
Photocopies of Whiffen prints at the RAI are in the UCMAA archive, reference W19/1/3. See Whiffen Collection record for further details on RAI collection. [TC 09/06/1999], updated JD 22/10/2019]