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John William Lindt, 1885, 17. Village of Koitapu, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89909
Unidentified manufacturer (Central African Republic), 1997 (?), Printed cotton textile in blue and green checks with brown and yellow and a portrait inscribed "Mme Mireille Kolingba Presidente d'Honneur de l'U.D.F.C." (L'Union Démocratique des Femmes Centrafricaines ), Printed textile, detail, British Museum, LL/89836
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, An Aboriginal Australian man and woman posing in front of a studio backdrop; the man wears trousers, the woman wears a head band, neckband, and a wrap around her waist., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89688
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Portrait of a baby in a wooden baby-carrier or baby board wrapped in cloth, in front of a dwelling covered in fur, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101009
Unidentified photographer, 1870, Portrait of a man, a member of the French Tirailleur (Infantry), in three quarter profile in front of a neutral backdrop; he has a moustache and beard and wears a cloth shirt under an embroidered military jacket., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89713
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Nom-pa-wa-la, an Osage man, sitting on a chair, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89724
C. Dammann, 1874 (ca), A Kanak man's severed (?) [New Caledonia], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89687
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89864
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89775
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), View of single-storey thatched-roof building, possibly a liquor factory. Row of barrels in front, adult male European sitting on end barrel, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89852
Unidentified photographer, 1870S, Portrait of a three women posing, sitting in front of a painted backdrop; they wear cloth dresses that hang over one shoulder; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89710
Hamilton & Kodylek , 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Sioux(?) baby in a wooden baby-carrier ornamented with charms, wrapped in cloth, and with a charm necklace around its neck; the baby-carrier is leaning upright on a wooden Western-style stool; Iowa(?),, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101011
J.A. Green, 1880-1905, Portrait of young adult female sitting in chair., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89748
John William Lindt, 1876, Three indigenous Australian people, two men and a woman, posing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89918
Thomas Easterly, 1847 (taken) 1868 (copy), Photograph (black and white) of a daguerroeotype; studio portrait of Keokuk, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 21], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89728
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1199. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Femmes du Cayor - Collection Général Fortier, Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89742
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1869 (ca), Portrait of an Aboriginal Australian leader, "King Tatambo", sitting in front of a neutral backdrop; he wears a 'king plate' (engraved gorget), fur cloak, cloth wrap around his waist, and holds a tree limb; Australia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/107796
Unidentified photographer, 19thC (late), The legs of someone sitting down; the legs show signs of leprosy; Papua New Guinea., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89861
George Rose, 1907, 12,230. Tambo Houses, Ramada, Solomon Islands. The resting place of the skulls of two great chiefs of the island, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113312
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man sitting on rocks in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89921
Unidentified photographer, 20thC (early), Scarification on upper back and shoulder of an adult. Wearing a cloth, neck-ornaments.Sudan (south), Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89785
George Rose, 1907, 12,249. A Group of Native Women and Children, Savo, Solomon Islands. How they carry babies in these parts, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113325
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a patterned cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89709
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length profile portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89776
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), "Myself & some of my staff Mayamba." [Africa, Gabon, Mayoumba], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52504
John William Lindt, 1876, Two indigenous Australian people, a man and a woman, posing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89919
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101016
John William Lindt, 1885, 45. Group of Children, Elevala, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89912
Antonio Shindler, 1868, Photograph (black and white) from an album; studio portrait of Moses Keokuk, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 21], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89737
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length portrait the back view of an adult female standing in front of a plain backdrop. Unclothed except for bead neck-ornament, cloth head-gear. Base of photographer's head-clamp visible behind her feet. Khoikhoi (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89780
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89701
W.G. Chamberlain, 1874 (ca), View of a flat grassy landscape, with several tipi's on the landscape, in a circular Ute encampment; Middle Park, Colorado, United States of America., [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 8], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89794
William Henry Jackson, 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Winnebago woman sitting on a stone in front of a painted backdrop, with a child standing beside her, and a dog lying by her feet, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101039
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult female standing in front of a plain backdrop, unclothed. Small dog next to her. Khoikhoi (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89778
Mrs. I.M. Turnbull, 1902, Portrait of two adult Somali males, wearing cloths, hair-ornaments, holding spears. Male standing at left has dagger strapped to arm. Male sitting at right is holding circular shield on arm. Painted backdrop., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89842
Roger Fenton, n.d., Assyrian Tablets in the British Museum (Kuyunjik Collection of cuneiform tablets), Albumen prints, on card, British Museum, LL/66760
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, A portrait of a man sitting in front of a backdrop, with a beard, distended ear lobes, and carrying a plant fibre bag(?) over his shoulder; on the right of the image is a wooden stick with a wooden label inscribed with the number "298"; Papua New Guinea., [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89870
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and shoulder profile portrait of an adult male, unclothed. Tape-measure or rule [?] suspended behind head. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89759
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), View of American mission station, Gabon. group of single-storey European buildings amongst hedges, trees and lawn., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89850
Unidentified photographer, 19thC (late), Studio portrait of Capt. T. Speedy sitting on floor in front of a painted backdrop. Wearing gown [?], jacket [?], fur cloak [?], head-gear, arm-guard. Holding a sword in a sheath. Sitting next to a shield and a spear., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89847
H.N. Sweet, 1889 (taken) 1902 (published), Alfred Percival Maudslay at Chichen Itza ["Chichén Itzá. My Room, 1889."], Photograph, British Museum, LL/109425
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of a Zulu woman posing in in front of a neutral backdrop, kneeling on top of woven mats on the floor; she wears picks in her hair, a headband, necklaces, armbands, a belt and a loin covering; Southern Africa., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89752
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s, Dakota Child Musician, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101003
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Josyhoes, Chief of Big Hill Band of Osages, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89719
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Pair of hands demonstrating how to hold an arrow in a bow before shooting. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89799
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1241. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Dakar - Jeune fille Ouolof - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89741
John William Lindt, 1885, 20. Poling a Lakatoi to Windward, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89883
Josiah Martin, 19th century (late), [Three Maori objects; a wooden and paua shell kumete (food presentation bowl)], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/124338
Ffrench (daguerreotypist), 1850 (ca), Music-cover with illustrated title page with a portrait of Mrs Amelia Bloomer, whole-length facing the viewer, wearing baggy trousers and with an umbrella over her shoulder, for the polka written by J J Blockley and dedicated to Mrs Colonel Bloomer, Sheet music, British Museum, LL/99326
John William Lindt, 1885, 30. The Haunt of the Alligator, Laloki River [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89884
Hamilton & Kodylek , 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Sioux woman standing in profile, carrying a baby on her back, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101043
Joel E. Whitney, 1862, Wah Bo Jeeg (White Fisher), Chief Gull Lake Band Chippewas. An old Warrior, once taken prisoner by the Sioux, and speaks the language., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89716
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), Portrait of small group of adult males standing on river beach, holding canoes under arms and over shoulders. Wearing cloths around lower bodies, holding paddles. [Gabon], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52502
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Ah-kei-wen-sie. (The Old Man.) Chippewa Chief., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89700
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Close view of a tattooed chest of a man of the South Andaman group of tribes., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89790
Edgar Degas, 1877-1878 (ca), Les deux danseuses (The two dancers) / Object: Two dancers in a rehearsal room, Drypoint and aquatint, British Museum, LL/99321
Unidentified photographer, 1934, 1 August (or earlier), Study of Yoruba carved wooden chair., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89739
John Watt Beattie, 1906, A man shooting fish, Solomon Islands., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89806
John William Lindt, 1885, 14. Village Pet, Koiari Village, New Guinea [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89882
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait; Koo-tuck-tuck, deaf and dumb Inuit woman standing, holding the background drop with her right hand; wearing her attigi or beaded parka and foot-wear; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89816
Unidentified photographer, 1888 (ca, taken), Mosque in Kumasi [Ghana], Print, British Museum, LL/89856
John William Lindt, 1885, 50. Pottery Makers, Hanuabada [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89908
George Rose, 1907, 12,323. A Village in the Mountains, Gandalcanar, Solomon Islands. The natives were too shy to face the camera, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113322
Unidentified photographer, 1890, Alfred Percival Maudslay on a mule in Quiriguá, Guatemala, Photograph, British Museum, LL/109426
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, A view of the back of a person in a linen jacket, with two people each placing a hand on the back of the person in the jacket; Papua New Guinea., [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89869
John William Lindt, 1885, 22. Port Moresby Natives watching the Lakatoi Race [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89892
John William Lindt, 1885, 36. Koiari Village, inland from Bootless Inlet [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89888
Charles Partridge, 1903, 21 December, Native passengers with personal luggage on board R.M.S. Biafra; off Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89860
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Me-shaw-ke-ke-shick (Sky down to the Earth.) Young Chippewa Brave., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89699
Ellis Silas, 20thC, View of a sailing boat at sea, photographed from on board a ship; Papua New Guinea(?), Cellulose nitrate negative, British Museum, LL/89863
Tokim, 1936-1952, The Chevron Pattern on Temple Wall, Zimbabwe, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89832
Unidentified photographer, 1900-1932, Frontal portrait of adult male standing beside tall wooden Bongo [?] male figure. Carved male figure with arms and facial features. Adult male wearing head-gear, jacket, tunic, trousers. Indoors, American building. [Sudan], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89848
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101010
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Australian Woman and Child. Queensland, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89718
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen studio portraits of Indigenous Australian men some have scarification on their chests, some have body paint on their chests, one is wearing a headdress, some are holding a throwing sticks; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89807
Mathew B. Brady, 1859-1904, Portrait of Daniel Webster, bust, looking at the viewer, wearing dark suit and neckerchief; in oval; after a daguerreotype by Brady; illustration to an unidentified publication., Wood engraving, British Museum, LL/89727
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Head and shoulders of an adult Andamanese male being smeared with "KOIOB" on the hollow of his upper lip; he is wearing neck-ornament. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89802
George Rose, 1907, 12,274. Native Women at the Mission Station, belonging to the Shepi Village, Bukato, Isabel, Solomon Islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113324
Dufty Brothers, 1870s-1880s, A Kanak woman posing seated in front of a painted backdrop; she wears a band in her hair and a skirt made of grass; she holds a small bowl in one hand; Noumea, New Caledonia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89691
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and torso frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89755
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Male Andamanese - Balia - Man of the Puchik-War tribe. Éremtága. Age about 27 years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49889
Paul Sandby (ca. 1730-1809), 1760, The Laterna Magica, Watercolor and body color over pen and ink, British Museum, LL/54395
Ellis Silas, 20thC, View of a village with thatched roof round buildings; South Africa, Cellulose nitrate negative, British Museum, LL/89750
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a Goinchilla(?); man, named Madillah, with his arms crossed, showing his body scarification on his chest and wearing an arm ornament on each arm; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89931
Charles Partridge, 1903, 24 December, A chief's canoe with many people; off Bonny, Southern Nigeria, Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89858
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male crouching in front of a painted studio backdrop, unclothed. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89768
John William Lindt, 1885, 99. Near Mission Station, Suau, Stacey Island [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89901
John William Lindt, 1885, 71. Native House at Kamali [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89885
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man and a woman in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89920
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult female standing by a chair in front of a plain backdrop draped with a curtain. Female standing in profile, her clothes round her ankles. Khoikhoi (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89777
Eadweard Muybridge, 1868-1877 (Fort Wrangle in use), Fort Wrangle, from Rock Cod, [Alaska], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/101044
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1873 (ca), Domestic Scene Among the Chippewa Indias., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101038
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1890, View showing range of chambers of a building known as the Casa de Monjas or Nunnery, from the south east corner of terrace; man sitting in doorway. Chichén Itzá, Mexico., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89796
Whitney & Zimmerman, 1865 (ca), Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan. (Medicine Bottle). Executed at Fort Snelling, Nov. 11, 1865, for participation in the Massacre of 1862., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89685
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), View of single-storey thatched-roof building, possibly a liquor factory. Surrounded by fence, rural setting. West Africa., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89851
Bennett Greig, 1938, Machu Picchu showing part of the "King's" group in the southwestern sector of the site, with a corner of the Torreon shown in the left foreground and agricultural terraces in the background., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89823
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth; wooden adzes in the background., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89868
Reverend William George Lawes, 1881-1889, Five girls with tattoo markings on body, wearing plant fibre skirts, necklaces, earings, bracelets, armlets; three bags hanging; white screen as (studio) background; Papua New Guinea., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89876
John William Lindt, 1893, Two indigenous Australian people, a man (Coontajandra); and a woman (Langingubble); posing in front of a studio backdrop; both have body scarification; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89915
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and shoulder profile portrait of an unclothed adult male in front of a plain backdrop. Tape-measure or rule to suspended next to male. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89756
Hamilton & Kodylek , 19th century (late), Studio portrait of a Winnebago woman sitting on a chair, holding a baby in a wooden baby-carrier wrapped in cloth and with charm ornaments on the baby-carrier around its neck, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101008
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of a group of male and female children, wearing cloths, personal-ornaments. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89769
John William Lindt, 1885, 98. Magiri, Bertha Lagoon, S.Cape [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89902
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Ne-kah-ke-poh-nah, an Osage man, sitting; wearing a blanket wrapped around his legs and waist, a chain with a pendant in the shape of a rounded shield, a bonnet and is holding bow and arrows., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89721
George Rose, 1907, 12,291. Cannibals of Solomon Islands. A few real out-and-out specimens, with whom one would not trust oneself alone, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113308
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Hand holding a pig's tusk, demonstrating how to hold it when smoothing the wood of a bow. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89798
Joel E. Whitney, n.d., Mah-nee-do-ke-shick (Noon Day), A Chippewa Chief, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89697
Thomas Bevan, 1860s, Aboriginal Australian men posing in front of a neutral backdrop; two of the men are engaged in a mock fight while the others look on; one has an axe, the other a stick., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89717
Southwell Brothers, 1868, Portrait of Prince Alamayu, son and heir of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, wearing American clothing, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89684
Thomas Easterly, 1840s-1850s (taken) 1868 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album, of a daguerreotype; studio portrait of No Heart (Nacheninga)[?], an Iowa Chief, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 26], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89735
Unidentified photographer, 1890 (ca), Studio portrait of W.D. Webster, with two carved elephant tusks either side of him, holding two shorter tusks, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89744
John William Lindt, 1885, 87. Koapena's House, Main Street, Moapa [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89899
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen photographs of Australian Aborigines, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89812
George Rose, 1907, 12,309. The Picturesque Entrance to some very interesting Lime - Stone Caves on Hameri Island (Rovana), Solomon Islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113323
John William Lindt, 1885, 35. Koiari Chiefs at Sadera Makera [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89897
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit woman, Ooktook, wearing a beaded parka, brass headband and several rings on her fingers; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89820
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces, a cloth loin covering and leg and ankle bands; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89706
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), 14 Spotted Tails Daughter, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101005
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop, wearing shorts [?] and shoes. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89763
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears beaded necklaces and a long patterned cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89705
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length profile portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89774
John William Lindt, 1885, 72. Native House, Kamali [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89896
Joel E. Whitney, 1862 (Entered according to Act of Congress), Little Crow, A Sioux Chief, and Leader of the Indian Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89686
H. Bennett, 1897, July?, Gabon [?], small group of Fang adult females sitting inside thatched-roof shelter. "Making mats and fish traps"., Gelatin silver print, retouched, British Museum, LL/89853
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of three Inuit women, Tu-uck-lucklock, Neveshenuck and Towtook; wearing beaded parkas. A hunting scene is depicted at the back of Neveshenuck's costume; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89815
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Portrait of Wak-ka-mas, a Winnebago chief, in front of a tipi, speaking to a group of men, women, and children seated on the ground, and two men sitting in a tree in the background, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101015
E. Hattorf (Hamburg), 1885, Studio portrait of a Nuxalk man, Tom Henry; he wears a fur hat, face paint, and a chilkat blanket with fur trim; Hamburg, Germany. (Bella Coola Indianer), Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89813
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, Portrait of a girl, wearing a cloth wrap skirt, [Papua New Guinea], [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89873
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, holding a stick. Unclothed. Stand of a photographer's head-clamp visible behind feet. Xhosa (?), South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89781
J.E. Mayall, 1847-1890 (ca), Music-cover sheet for 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer!', with portrait of composer Henry Russell, three-quarter length standing by organ, looking to right, in arch, ships on the sea in the background; after Mayall;, Sheet music, British Museum, LL/89732
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1894, Stela D, south face; trees in the background. Great Plaza, Quiriguá, Guatemala., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89783
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit man, Meshowk, wearing a fur parka; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89819
George Rose, 1907, 12,256. Bena, A Native Fortified Island on the Langa Langa Lagoon, on the western side of Malaita, Solomon Islands., [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113310
Unidentified photographer, ? (taken) 1869 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album; studio portrait of a man sitting down beside a table covered in a floral cloth, and furs on the ground, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 15], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89736
John H. Fitzgibbon, 1851-1852 (taken) 1869 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album, of a daguerreotype; studio portrait of One Horned Elk (He-kha-ka He-wan Zhi), an Oglala Dakota chief, [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 35], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89734
George Rose, 1907, 12,287. Three Malaita Women at Aouki, Langa Langa Lagoon, Solomon Islands, with ornaments in their ears and noses, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113315
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Typical heads of the Andamanese - "Balia", man of the "Aka Bojigiab" tribe, Middle Andaman; age about twenty-five years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49893
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a woman posing in front of a painted backdrop; she wears a cloth top draped over one shoulder and a patterned cloth wrap around her waist; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89708
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen studio portraits of Indigenous Australian men some have scarification on their chests, some have body paint on their chests, one is wearing a headdress, some are holding a throwing sticks; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89809
George Rose, 1907, 12,295. Native Canoes in attendance on a trading cutter, which is engaged in Recruiting Native Labour, Solomon Islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113314
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Typical heads of the Andamanese - "Burinya", woman of the "Aka Bojigiab" tribe, Middle Andaman; age about thirty years; wearing necklace., Photograph, British Museum, LL/49892
Joel E. Whitney, 1860s (?), Little Crow, A Sioux Chief, and Leader of the Indian Massacre of 1862, in Minnesota, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89715
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, Portrait of a boy, wearing a cloth wrap, standing on a wooden box [Papua New Guinea], [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89872
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean men's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89866
John William Lindt, 1885, 23. Starting for a Trip Inland, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89891
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), Portrait of a man sitting in front of a studio backdrop, including foliage; he has a moustache and beard and wears a fur cloak wrapped around him; Australia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/107797
Jabez Hughes, 1868, Portrait of Ethiopian male child, Prince Alamayu, wearing American clothing and hat. Band saying "URGENT" around hat, Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89683
Unidentified photographer, 20thC, A collection of supposedly Inca (according to handwritten annotation on reverse) silver figurines depicting males and females, including one on a llama; and three mirrors or large cloak pins (tupus)., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89828
George Rose, 1907, 12,255. Some of the Cannibals of Malaita, Solomon Islands. Notice the ornaments that grace their hair, ears, and noses, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113311
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1890-1891, The Palace, House D, view of the western corridor looking south; man wearing hat, shirt and trousers leaning on wall. This house stands on the northern half of the western edge of the Palace Mound. Palenque, Mexico., Glass negative, British Museum, LL/89804
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Male Andamanese - Balia - Man of the Puchik-War tribe. Éremtága. Age about 27 years, Photograph, British Museum, LL/49888
Unidentified photographer, 1870s, Portrait of a man posing in front of a painted backdrop; he wears necklaces and a long cloth or hide loin covering and wrist and ankle bands; he holds wood spears in one hand; Suriname., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89704
John William Lindt, 1885, 83. Mission House at Parimata, Aroma [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89895
George Rose, 1907, 12,282. The Chief's House, Aouki, Malaita, Solomon Islands. The Chief himself, dressed in light clothes, is also in the view, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113319
John William Lindt, 1893, An indigenous Australian man, Werboora, posing in front of a studio backdrop; he has body painting and body scarification; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89923
Rev. Edgar W.T. Greenshield (1877-1913), 1893, Five whale harpoons hanging in front of a sheet by rope., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89795
John William Lindt, 1885, 16. Village Scene, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89910
James Edge-Partington, 1897, A piece of north east coast New Guinean woman's bark cloth., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89865
John William Lindt, 1893, Portrait of a chief Geedah from Muralug, sitting on the right wearing a piece of cloth tied around his neck; Geedah's foster son, named Cowra(?); sitting on the left wearing a cloth wrap; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89916
George Rose, 1907, 12,258. In the Forest, Sua Bongi, Malaita, Solomon Islands. A view of the peculiar front of a native tree, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113321
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1905 (ca), 1230. Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Traitant du Cayor - Collection Générale Fortier Dakar, Postcard, British Museum, LL/89740
John William Lindt, 1885, 46. Women Making Pottery, Hanuabada [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89911
Alfred Percival Maudslay, 1894, Monument N; man standing on the left at the base of a huge tree looking down at large stone; near the eastern border of the Great Plaza. Quiriguá, Guatemala., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89805
John William Lindt, 1885, 51. Village of Hanuabada, Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89906
John William Lindt, 1876, A portrait of a man standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89922
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Scene at an Indian Payment., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101012
John William Lindt, 1885, 24. Native House at Vanuabada, Kabade District [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89905
John William Lindt, 1885, Group at Kaio, with Feasting Stages. [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89881
Thomas Easterly, 1847 (taken) 1868 (copy), Photograph (black and white) from an album of a framed daguerroeotype; studio portrait of Moses Keokuk (23 years old), [BM William Blackmore Coll. Album 21], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89729
E. Lovejoy, n.d., Studio portrait of two Natives recreating the killing and scalping of a white man, the white man is kneeling on the floor pretending to resist the attack of the other two., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89693
Unidentified photographer, 1890s (ca), Portrait of a man with his mouth open; he has a moustache and beard; South Australia., Lantern slide, British Museum, LL/89751
George Rose, 1907, 12,301. A Characteristic View of Natives on the edge of the Tylo River, Sua Bongi, Malaita, Solomon Islands., [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113307
Geraldine Moodie, 1903-1905, Studio portrait of an Inuit woman, Ung-ung-a; she wears a fur parka; Fullerton Harbour, Hudson Bay., [Geraldine Moodie album], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89821
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a painted studio backdrop, holding a stick. Unclothed. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89765
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Chippewa Indian Deer Hunt, on Snow Shoes., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101006
Mrs. I.M. Turnbull, 1902, Portrait of two adult Somali males. Elderly male at left wearing cloths, turban, bead necklace. Head-rest [?] hanging from string around waist. Male at right wearing cloths, holding spear., Photograph, British Museum, LL/89845
Unidentified photographer, 1870s (ca), Portrait of a Ndebele man posing in front of a neutral backdrop; he wears a pick in his hair, a headband, choker, belt and loin covering; he holds a staff in one hand and another object (perhaps another hair pick) in the other hand; Southern Africa., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89771
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), Portrait of three European adult males sitting in canoe. Canoe being pushed on or off shore by two African adult males [Gabon, Mayoumba], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52501
Unidentified photographer, 1903-1904, Two different people's hands leaning on a wooden post; children partially visible in the background; Papua New Guinea., [Cooke-Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.], Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89874
Gunn & Stuart, 1897, Music-cover sheet for "Victoria Waltz", portrait of Queen Victoria, Music-cover sheet, photomechanical print, chromolithograph, British Museum, LL/86269
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Full length frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89773
Charles A. Zimmerman, 1870s (ca), Domestic Life among the Chippewa Indians., Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101013
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Portrait of an adult male standing in front of a plain backdrop, holding a stick. Unclothed except for what may be a penis-sheath. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89760
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), Portrait of a woman and child sitting in front of a neutral backdrop; the woman wears a cloth shirt and skirt, and the child, who is sitting in her lap wears a fur cloak; Australia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/107795
Francis W. Joaque, 1871 (ca), Native of C. Coast [?] wife & daughter [Gabon], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/52500
Isaac Briot (print maker), 17th century, Georges Cardinal d'Amboise Grand Ministre d'Estat et Legat en France, Engraving, British Museum, LL/127053
Charles Kerry, 19thC (late), Fifteen studio portraits of Indigenous Australian men some have scarification on their chests, one is holding a boomerang; Australia., Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89808
Unidentified photographer, n.d., Studio portrait of Ga-hi-ge-wa-da-in-ga, (Playful chief), an Osage man, sitting., [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89723
1900, Siege currency, Mahikeng, South Africa, Cyanotype, British Museum, LL/89791
Josiah Martin, 1900 (ca), Photo montage of twelve images of various landscapes, including mountains, hot lakes, and other vistas; Whakarewarewa, New Zealand., Cabinet card, British Museum, LL/89803
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Chippewa Brave, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89698
Maurice Vidal Portman, 1890s, Adult male working inside of a building, he is using an adze to shape a new bow, there are two other adze on the floor. Andaman Islands, Photograph, British Museum, LL/89800
Unidentified photographer, 1860-1880 (ca), Head and torso frontal portrait of an unclothed adult male, seated on a chair in front of a plain backdrop. South Africa, [Album title: "Ethnology. South Africa. Capt. J. E. Parish RN."], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89758
A.A. Whitehouse, 1904-1905, South Nigeria, study of group of Obolo religious/ritual objects from a shrine shrine., Gelatin silver print, British Museum, LL/89793
Unidentified photographer, 19th century (late), Portrait of three Omaha(?) men outdoors in front of a campsite, tipi's in the background, Stereoview, half, British Museum, LL/101040
George Rose, 1907, 12,202. Some Tourists on the Beach at Bagga, Solomon Islands. A tropical view, beautiful even for the islands, [The Rose Stereographs], Stereoview, British Museum, LL/113317
Thomas J. Washbourne, 1870 (ca), Portrait of a man sitting in front of a studio backdrop, including foliage; he has a moustache and beard and wears a fur cloak wrapped around him; Australia., Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89692
Joel E. Whitney, 1864, 24 February, Little Crow's Son, Wo-Wi-Na-Pe, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89682
Whitney & Zimmerman, n.d., Mah-nee-do-ke-shick. (Spirit of the Skies.), Chief Cass Lake Chippewas.Very brave, [William Blackmore Coll. Album 9], Carte de visite, British Museum, LL/89695
John William Lindt, 1885, 44. Village Scene, Hanuabada [Papua New Guinea], [British New Guinea Expedition 1885 led by led by Sir Peter Scratchley], Albumen print, British Museum, LL/89900
   

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