Picture No | 10536819 |
Date | 1849 |
Description | Faces of racial types, Botocudo tribe |
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Faces of racial types, of the South American Indian Botocudo tribe of eastern Brazil, known for wearing wooden disks (tembetas) in their lips and ears. At the top is a Botocudo man, and below is a Botocudo woman.
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Source | Engraving by Fournier after Werner in Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturel, Races Humaines, Plate 5 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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