Summary

Fotografía de dos familias Yaghan que ayudaron al antropólogo australiano, Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, en lo que se convertiría en su expedición final. Foto: Aia putilla schanaiensis [Domingo - apellido no registrado] y sus dos esposas Yamu Kauau a tippa [esposa mayor] y Kanuks [la esposa más joven] y sus cinco hijos y perros. También en la foto: An-ma-tsing-this [George] y su esposa Shu-maui-naua-laka-kipa. Spencer tomó la fotografía en la Isla Navarino el 27 de mayo de 1929, aproximadamente seis semanas antes de que falleciera.

Photograph of two Yaghan families that assisted Australian anthropologist, Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer on what would became his final expedition. Pictured: Aia putilla schanaiensis [Domingo - surname not recorded] and his two wives Yamu Kauau a tippa [older wife] and Kanuks [the younger wife] and their five children and dogs. Also pictured: An-ma-tsing-this [George] and his wife Shu-maui-naua-laka-kipa. Spencer took the photograph on Navarino Island on 27 May 1929, approximately six weeks before he passed away.

Physical Description

Print. Sepia toned with white border. Handwritten annotation and date in pencil on reverse. Condition: good

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