Carl Lumholtz eBooks
/I am featuring 5 books, available from Internet Archive, by Norwegian explorer and ethnographer, Carl Lumholtz. His way of working influenced the field of ethnography – broadening the field to include of social relationships, attitudes, and the role of women. The illustrations from 4 books about his work in Mexico skew toward material culture – which was, from the beginning, part of ethnography; he spent longer in the field than most researchers of the time. He was in Mexico off and on between 1890 and 1910.
Decorative art of the Huichol Indians (1904)
New Trails in Mexico (1912)
Unknown Mexico V1 (1902)
Unknown Mexico V2 (1902)
His expedition to Borneo was from 1915-1918 and it turned out to be his last. The sample image I chose from this book is a high-status couple. I was intrigued by the woman’s clothing…of the different kinds of materials and where they might have originated.
Through Central Borneo (1920)
Lumholtz died in 1922 of tuberculosis.
