IDNO

P.99673.ACH2

Description

Posed studio portrait of a younger and older Arawak women wearing strands of beaded neck ornaments and beadwork aprons. The women’s figures have been superimposed onto a jungle scene in which the women stand in front of a river where a row boat is moored. On the opposite shore is a thatched open-sided building, with jungle vegetation in the background. [JD 3/5/2007]

The two women pictured seem to have been placed in front of a different background. Presumably the photo was taken in a studio and the village scene in the background was later added. [S. Guha 17/11/2004]

Place

S America; Guyana

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]