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Aboriginal Photographs from Tasmania. The Last of the Tasmanian Aborigines, 1874.
1874.  Photographs (perhaps silver gelatin?).  Good condition.
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Extra-Illustrated with 15 Original Albumen Photographs of “The Last of the Aborigines” I Tasmaniani. : Cenni storici ed etnologici di un popolo estinto / Enrico Hillyer Giglioli 1874 160 p. : ill., maps ; 22. cm. Milano : F. Treves, Rare: only 3 copies of this publication located in OCLC. By E.H. Giglioli Enrico Hillyer Giglioli (1845 -1909), was a zoologist who was also involved in the activities of the Florence School of Anthropology. He traveled around the world on a naturalists' expedition (1865-1868) and from 1883 became an internationally-known collector of archaeological and ethnographical material, which he also exchanged with experts of the Smithsonian Institution. His huge collection included several hundred artifacts and two thousand archaeological items from North America, and more than a hundred photographs of Native Americans by Hillers, O'Sullivan, and Bell. After his death, Giglioli's collection, together with his archaeological and ethnological library, went to form the ethnological core of the National Museum of Prehistory founded in Rome by Luigi Pigorini in 1876 (Tiberini ). • Tiberini, Elvira S. "Plains Indians Artifacts in the E. H. Giglioli Collection of the Pigorini Museum in Rome. " • Australian Museum, AW Franks collector EH Giglioli Collection, 1913. • Wanderings in the great forests of Borneo; travels and researches of a naturalist in Sarawak, Beccari, Odoardo, 1843-1920.; translated by Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer,; Guillemard, F. H. H. London, A. Constable & Co., 1904 • Appunti intorno ad una collezione etnografica fatta durante il terzo viaggio di Cooke conservata sin dalla fine del secolo scorso nel R. Museo di fisica et storia naturale di Firenze Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer, 1845-1909. • Primo resoconto dei risultati della inchiesta ornitologica in Italia / Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer, 1845-1909. Firenze : Coi tipi dei successori Le Monnier, 1889-1891 • Avifauna italica. Elenco delle specie di uccelli stazionarie o di passaggio in Italia, colla loro sinonimia volgare e con notizie più specialmente intorno alle migrazioni ed alla nidificazione. Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer, Italy., Ufficio ornitologico. irenze, Coi tipi dei successori Le Monnier, 1886 • La collezione etnografica del Prof. Enrico Hillyer Giglioli, geograficamente classificata. Giglioli, Enrico Hillyer, 1845-1909. “…The Edge-Partington collection, a valuable and extensive ethnographic collection of approximately 2,500 objects from the Pacific. James Edge-Partington made three trips through the Pacific in the late 19th century and also collected material from private collections in Europe. The Auckland Museum acquired the collection in 1924 from London and the necklace appears to be the only Tobian object in the collection”. Print ID# 800636   $5,000.00

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Beluga Hunter and Dwellings
1880.  Chromolithograph.  Very good condition.
8" x 6.5"
Print ID# 800033   $95.00

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Cap't Cook: Militaire des Infulaires
1789.  Engraving.  Bernard.  Good condition.
7.5" x 9"
This is from the third voyage of Captain Cook and depicts native ornament in New Zealand. Print ID# 800032   $150.00

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Chief Plenty Coups
1913.  Photogravure.  Rodman Wannamaker.  Fine condition.
5" x 8"
As a young boy, Chief Plenty Coups, "Bull Who Goes into the Wind," had a vision in which he saw the destruction of the Buffalo herds and the Crow way of life. "To the deeply religious Crow, who understand dreams as agents of spiritual instruction, this vision lent moral weight to a pragmatic course they had been following since the early 1800s. Numbering perhaps 8,000 and surrounded by more powerful, aggressive enemies, the Crow had embraced white fur traders as allies in their persistent conflicts with the Sioux, Blackfeet, Cheyenne, and Arapaho. Over the subsequent years, they responded to the Whites' requests for military assistance, helping protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail, scouting for Custer, and fighting with Crook at the Battle of the Rosebud. Chief Plenty Coups was probably one of the most famous of the Crow Chiefs. His name is really a reflection of his high ranking in his tribe. For any brave to advance in status and especially become a Chief they were required to achieve a certain number of "Coups". There is no exact definition of a coup but usually meant to "touch" or discredit the enemy. It could be as minor as sneaking in and out of the enemies camp with an item, or stealing an enemies horse or even killing an enemy in battle. The more the coups one obtained the more the warrior was esteemed by the tribe. And of course "Plenty Coups" was the most recognized as achieving many coups Print ID# 800026   $145.00
Festival of the Rice Harvest
1910.  London.  Lithograph.  Frank REynolds.  Illustrated London NEws.  Fine condition.
16x11 Image not available, inquiries welcome.
Image of the "Kanda MAtsuri"--"Celebrated fo rhte First Time Outside Japan: the Festival of the Rice HArvest at the ANglo-Japanese Exhibition". Print ID# 800524   $25.00

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Indian Bow and Arrows, Harpoon, Pot, &c.
1864.  Hand colored lithograph.  Good condition.
5" x 8"
Print ID# 800187   $75.00

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Indian Tomahawk, Kettle, Spoon, Pipes, &c.
1864.  Lithograph.  From:.  Good condition.
5" x 8"
Print ID# 800186   $70.00

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Navajo Costume
1845.  Lithograph.  R. H. Kern.  Fine condition.
4.5" x 7.5"
A highly idealized portrait of a four-corners region navajo by one of the great Kern brothers--the first to bring back images of the giant sagaurro, Canyo de Chelly, and other such wonders to the white world of the east coast. From: Wm. Emory's "Notes of a Military Reconnaissance", publishing the enormously important information gathered on the Kearny expedition. The Kern Brotbers--Of the four Philadelphia-born brothers, all artists and three of whom sketched and collected in the West, Richard H. (1821-1853; ANSP 1847) and Edward M. (1823-1863; ANSP 1847) joined Frémont, the latter as topographer, on these explorations. Naturalists as well, Edward specialized in botany and zoology, Richard in ethnology and archaeology. With Benjamin J. (18181849) they accompanied Frémont's 1848-1849 expedition to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, when a third of the party died in the snows. Benjamin himself died at the hands of Utes in 1849. Edward and Richard continued to serve with a number of western expeditions during the 1850s, until Richard was killed by Utes in 1853 while with the Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853). Edward went as official artist with the Rodgers and Ringgold Expedition (1853). Print ID# 800034   $100.00

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Pottery Found at the Pueblo
1845.  Color lithograph.  R. H. Kern.  Printed in Colours by P.S. Duval's Steam lith..  Fine condition.
5" x 8"
Pottery found at the pueblo on the summit of the Muro or Inscription Rock. Print ID# 800185   $85.00

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Turkish Barber
1855.  Engraving.  Fine condition.
3" x 4"
Print ID# 800096   $50.00


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