IDNO

P.99671.ACH2

Description

Posed studio portrait of a group of Arawak Amerindians, consisting of two women wearing strands of bead neck ornaments and beadwork aprons, and five men wearing loincloths. The base of a head stand can be seen behind each woman.

Place

S America; Guyana; ?Georgetown

Cultural Affliation

Arawak

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Haddon, Alfred Cort

Date

1880 - 1910

Collection Name

?Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

?Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)

Format

Album Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99643 to P.99673 are in A.173. The album was formerly kept in paper archive envelope WO6/1/12; Box 174. It has now been transferred to the photo archive.

Source: A stamp inside the album mentions it to be a Haddon gift.

This album has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund. [S. Guha 17/11/2004]