Surinamese man with bow and arrow, Indigène de Surinam, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Fascicle II, PL. 16', photographer: attributed to Photographie Française (Amsterdam), cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1878 - in or before 1883, Attributed to, paper, Woodburytype, height 140 mm x width 98 mm, adult man, archer's weapons: bow and arrow, world fair, world exhibition, World Exhibition 1883 (Amsterdam), A sepia portrait shows a person kneeling on the ground with one knee bent and the other foot flat, leaning forward with forearms resting on a large textured log. The person wears a tall feathered headdress and a simple cloth wrapped around the waist with fringed edges, and they hold a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, the arrow poised on the bowstring. The background features a soft, painterly scene of foliage and a tree trunk, and the image is mounted on a pale page with a thin colored border surrounding the photograph.
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Surinamese man with bow and arrow, Indigène de Surinam, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Fascicle II, PL. 16', photographer: attributed to Photographie Française (Amsterdam), cliché maker: anonymous, c. 1878 - in or before 1883, Attributed to, paper, Woodburytype, height 140 mm x width 98 mm, adult man, archer's weapons: bow and arrow, world fair, world exhibition, World Exhibition 1883 (Amsterdam), A sepia portrait shows a person kneeling on the ground with one knee bent and the other foot flat, leaning forward with forearms resting on a large textured log. The person wears a tall feathered headdress and a simple cloth wrapped around the waist with fringed edges, and they hold a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other, the arrow poised on the bowstring. The background features a soft, painterly scene of foliage and a tree trunk, and the image is mounted on a pale page with a thin colored border surrounding the photograph.

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Surinamese man bow arrow Indigène de Surinam page photomechanical print inscription Fascicle II Pl 16 photographer attributed Photographie Française Amsterdam cliché maker anonymous c 1878 - 1883 Attributed paper Woodburytype height 140 mm x width 98 mm adult man archer's weapons world fair world exhibition World Exhibition 1883 sepia portrait person kneeling ground knee bent foot flat leaning forward forearms resting large textured log person wears tall feathered headdress simple cloth wrapped waist fringed edges hold hand arrow poised bowstring background features soft painterly scene foliage tree trunk image mounted pale page thin colored border surrounding photograph

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