Claude Lévi-Strauss : walk among the photographs
In 1935, Claude Lévi-Strauss accepted the postion of Professor of Sociology at São Paulo in Brazil. During that year and the one that followed, he carried out several ethnographic expeditions during which he focussed on photographing the places that he saw and the people that he met. Here are some of those taken amongst the Amazonian Bororo and Caduveo. In each case, the editions are made on barium paper.
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Claude Lévi-Strauss Expedition - At his camp
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A woman painting ceramics with thinned chalk
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A woman painting the face of a dancer
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A woman with a painted face
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A woman with a painted face
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A woman with a painted face
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A woman with a painted face
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Two women in party dress
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A young man in a dancing costume
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A chief's headdress for a funeral dance
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A chief's large crown
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A native in ceremonial costume
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A man in a costume for a celebration
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Position of the right hand for shooting with a bow
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The interior of a collective dwelling
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Kejara village (Bororo)
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"The Men's House"
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Bringing out the mariddo
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The Ewaguddu clan dance
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The Ewaguddu clan dance
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Dancers from the Paiwa clan
A woman with a painted face
Brazil, Caduveo population, 22.5 X 29.3 cm, PP0002103
Beyond its symbolic concept, this face appears to be a true work of art. The elaboration and elegance of the design bears witness to this. They form a kind of mask also known as a sign language which is read and understood by the social group to which this woman belongs.
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