Ethnologist Collection

Richard Dawkins, British science writer
Richard Dawkins. Caricature of the British ethnologist, evolutionary biologist and controversial author Richard Dawkins (born 1941) holding one of his books

Frances Densmore, US anthropologist
Frances Densmore (left, 1867-1957), US ethnologist, using a phonograph (left) to record the voice and stories of Mountain Chief, a Native American from the Piegan tribe

Captain Richard Francis Burton
2905711 Captain Richard Francis Burton by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain Richard Francis Burton)

Richard Francis Burton
3078281 Richard Francis Burton; (add.info.: Portrait of Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) British Explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist

Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, "The Father of New France". French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman
2603481 Samuel de Champlain, 1574-1635, "The Father of New France". French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat and chronicler

Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen
3253057 Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen; (add.info.: Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, 1872-1907. Danish author, ethnologist and explorer of Greenland. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900).

Self-Portrait, Printed c.1930. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Self-Portrait, Printed c.1930

Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklai, half-length portrait, facing front, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklai half-length portrait, facing front, between 1880 and 1886

Baltazar Bogisic Statue, Cavtat, Dalmatia, Croatia

Georg August Schweinfurth. German botanist and explorer
Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925). German botanist and explorer. He discovered the Uele River, a tributary of the Congo. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Sir Baldwin Spencer
A portrait oil painting of British-Australian evolutionary biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist, Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer

Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872 - 1907), Danish explorer, who disappeared during the Danish Expedition to the North-East Coast of Greenland in 1906-07. Date:

Pretty Paint by Edward S. Curtis, 1904 (sepia print)
2630173 Pretty Paint by Edward S. Curtis, 1904 (sepia print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Pretty Paint by Edward S)

The Outlook by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1904 (toned silver print)
2622386 The Outlook by Edward S. Curtis, c.1904 (toned silver print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Outlook by Edward S)

Navajo Riders by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1904 (toned silver print)
2622385 Navajo Riders by Edward S. Curtis, c.1904 (toned silver print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Navajo Riders in Canyon de Chelly by Edward S)

Canyon de Chelly - Navajo by Edward S. Curtis, 1904 (orotone)
2630149 Canyon de Chelly - Navajo by Edward S. Curtis, 1904 (orotone) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Canyon de Chelly - Navajo by Edward S)

Black Hair
2623736 Black Hair by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Black Hair photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)

Atsina men awaiting the return of the scouts
2623780 Atsina men awaiting the return of the scouts by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print depicting Atsina men awaiting the return of the scouts)

Sia buffalo dancer
2623774 Sia buffalo dancer by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Sia buffalo dancer. Photographed by Edward S)

Aki-tanni Sarsi
2623764 Aki-tanni Sarsi by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Aki-tanni Sarsi. Photographed by Edward S)

Hopi Indians looking into the distance at valley floor
2623758 Hopi Indians looking into the distance at valley floor by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print Hopi Indians looking into the distance at valley floor)

Eight Crow Indians on horseback
2623757 Eight Crow Indians on horseback by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of eight Crow Indians on horseback, silhouetted on top of hill)

Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man
2623732 Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)

Kutenai Hunter by Curtis, 1910 (photogravure)
2630148 Kutenai Hunter by Curtis, 1910 (photogravure) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Kutenai Duck Hunter by Edward S)

The Scout in Winter, Apsaroke
2623777 The Scout in Winter, Apsaroke by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of the Scout in Winter, Apsaroke. Photographed by Edward S)

Apache girl and Papoose
2623735 Apache girl and Papoose by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Apache girl and Papoose photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)

The Vanishing Race - Navaho by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1907 (photogravure)
2622388 The Vanishing Race - Navaho by Edward S. Curtis, c.1907 (photogravure) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Vanishing Race - Navaho by Edward S)

A Skokomish Indian chief's daughter
2623775 A Skokomish Indian chief's daughter by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of a Skokomish Indian chief's daughter. Photographed by Edward S)

A band of mounted Navahos passing through the canon
2623738 A band of mounted Navahos passing through the canon by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photograph of a band of mounted Navahos passing through the canon)

The Mealing Trough - Hopi by Edward S. Curtis, 1906 (silver print photograph)
2630138 The Mealing Trough - Hopi by Edward S. Curtis, 1906 (silver print photograph) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mealing Trough - Hopi by Edward S)

Yellow Kidney, Piegan, 1910 (b/w photo)
2623781 Yellow Kidney, Piegan, 1910 (b/w photo) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Yellow Kidney, Piegan. Photographed by Edward S)

Salish woman sitting on the ground preparing meat
2623761 Salish woman sitting on the ground preparing meat by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Salish woman sitting on the ground preparing meat)

Ben Long Ear
2623739 Ben Long Ear by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Ben Long Ear photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)

Antelope Cap
2623733 Antelope Cap by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Antelope Cap photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)

Shows As He Goes by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1904 (toned silver print)
2622387 Shows As He Goes by Edward S. Curtis, c.1904 (toned silver print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Shows As He Goes by Edward S)

Acoma Man by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1904 (toned silver print)
2622384 Acoma Man by Edward S. Curtis, c.1904 (toned silver print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Acoma Man by Edward S)

Digging out the snakes
2623763 Digging out the snakes by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of titled digging out the snakes'. Photographed by Edward S)

Chief Three Horses
2623737 Chief Three Horses by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Chief Three Horses photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)

Little Daylight
2623734 Little Daylight by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Photographic print of Little Daylight photographed by Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952)

Absaroke Warrior on Horseback by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1910 (silver print)
3036274 Absaroke Warrior on Horseback by Edward S. Curtis, c.1910 (silver print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: Absaroke (Crow) Warrior on Horseback by Edward S

At the Water's Edge--Piegan by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1910 (silver print)
3036275 At the Water's Edge--Piegan by Edward S. Curtis, c.1910 (silver print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; (add.info.: At the Water's Edge--Piegan by Edward S)

Brule Sioux War Party by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1907 (toned silver print)
2622389 Brule Sioux War Party by Edward S. Curtis, c.1907 (toned silver print) by Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) ; Private Collection; (add.info.: Brule Sioux War Party by Edward S)

Piegan Indian, Mountain Chief, having his voice recorded 1916 (b/w photo)
679357 Piegan Indian, Mountain Chief, having his voice recorded 1916 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Piegan Indian, Mountain Chief)

John Beddoe, M. D. F. R. S. 1905 (oil on canvas)
2829328 John Beddoe, M.D. F.R.S. 1905 (oil on canvas) by Warn, Elizabeth B. (d.1948); 91.4x76.2 cm; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: John Beddoe (21 September 1826 - 19 July 1911)

Portrait of George Gibbs (1815-1873), Before 1873. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of George Gibbs (1815-1873), Before 1873

Portrait of Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900), Before 1893. Creator: Charles Milton Bell
Portrait of Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900), Before 1893

Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers, portrait (b / w photo)
5999514 Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers, portrait (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt Rivers, portrait)

Captain Burton, illustration from The Pictorial Edition of the Life
STC418106 Captain Burton, illustration from The Pictorial Edition of the Life and Discoveries of David Livingstone by J. Ewing Richie, pub. by A. Fullarton & Co

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"Exploring the Tapestry of Humanity: The Ethnologists Unveiled" In the vast realm of understanding human cultures, ethnologists have played a pivotal role in unraveling the mysteries that lie within. From Richard Dawkins, the renowned British science writer, to Frances Densmore, an influential US anthropologist, these individuals have dedicated their lives to studying and preserving our diverse heritage. Captain Richard Francis Burton embarked on daring expeditions across uncharted territories, while Georg August Schweinfurth ventured into unknown lands as a German botanist and explorer. Sir Baldwin Spencer delved deep into Aboriginal Australia's rich traditions, whereas Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen documented Greenland's Inuit communities with great reverence. Alice Rollins-Crane captured captivating moments through her lens, immortalizing indigenous cultures like Edward S. Curtis did with his sepia prints such as "Pretty Paint. " Lyall Watson's insightful writings shed light on South African customs and beliefs. The Baltazar Bogisic Statue stands tall in Cavtat, Dalmatia - a testament to the importance of ethnology in Croatia's history. Edward S. Curtis continued his exploration through photography with masterpieces like "The Outlook" and "Navajo Riders, " showcasing Native American life at its most authentic. These ethereal glimpses into humanity are not mere snapshots but windows into worlds that may otherwise be forgotten or overlooked. Ethnologists serve as custodians of cultural diversity; they bridge gaps between civilizations and foster mutual respect for one another’s unique ways of life. As we celebrate their contributions today, let us remember that it is through their tireless efforts that we can truly appreciate the tapestry woven by countless generations before us—a tapestry that continues to shape our world today.