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Artist
- Name:
- Lassalle, Émile
- Dates:
- 1813-1871
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Lithograph
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, vol. 8
- Author(s):
- Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d'
- Publisher:
- Paris: P. Bertrand, 1846
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Two mummified bodies show elongated skulls and the squatting position in which they were interred. One of them is covered in a sort of woven cloak leaving only the face visible.
The caption reads in the original French: Momies des anciens Aymaras.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, Americas, black & white, Bolivia, death, mummy, South America, Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale
