IDNO

LS.26753.WHI

Description

On catalogue card: "N.W. Amazon. 175.66 - 70.
Witoto children.
70 = unidentified, but prob. Witoto.
(5 slides)."

Three-quarter-length portrait of a young Witoto girl, standing facing the camera. The foliage in the background of the original negative (N.26807.WHI) has been masked out to create a plain background. [TC 09/06/1999, updated JD 01/10/2019]

Place

S America; Colombia; North West Amazon

Cultural Affliation

South American Indian; Witotoan; Witoto [Huitoto; Uitoto; Ouitoto; Fitita; Guitoto; Hitote; Huitata; Huito; Huitato; Huitota; Komiuvedu; Komiovedu; Murui-Muinane]

Named Person

Photographer

Whiffen, Thomas William

Collector / Expedition

Date

1908 - 1909

Collection Name

Whiffen CollectionTeaching Slide Collection

Source

Whiffen, Nöel H.

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

On N.26753.WHI, a background which appears to depict foliage has been blacked out.

See P.9269.ACH1 record for notes on Whiffen’s use of physical anthropology.

Related Image: A duplicate print is at the RAI, reference 36183, and annotated by Whiffen in pencil on the reverse as "type. Witoto."
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 02/10/2019]

Source: In MAA Correspondence Box 1934 is a letter from Noel Whiffen donating his "brother's collection of lantern slides" to the museum, on behalf of the Whiffen family. Louis Clarke replied. The gift is also noted in the annual report for that year in the list of accessions (UCMAA 1934: 3), which mentions that "the collection of lantern slides has also been increased by gifts from ... Mr N. H. Whiffen ... "
For full details see Whiffen Collection record. [TC 09/06/1999, updated, JD 02/10/2019]