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RefNoMS/236/16
LevelItem
TitlePortrait of Tschéno, a Native American of the Pirá-Tapuya Indian nation, by Richard Spruce
Datend [c August 1852-June 1853]
DescriptionPencil portrait of Tschéno, a 40 year old woman of the Pirá-Tapuya Indian nation, [and aunt of Yepadia]. [Her hair is twisted up to imitate that of a Brazilian woman who stayed in Iauarate.] The portrait was made as Iauaraté-cachoeira, on the Rio Uaupes, [Brazil].
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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