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A M O N G U N K N O W N T R I B E S bill and alice wright photography series Broyles_5376_BK.indd 1 12/17/13 9:58 AM Broyles_5376_BK.indd 2 12/17/13 9:58 AM A m o n g U N K N O W N T R I B E S R e d i s c o v e r i n g t h e P h o t o g r a p h s o f E X P L O R E R Carl Lumholtz 6 bill broyles ann christine eek phyllis la farge richard laugharn eugenia macías guzmán university of texas press austin Broyles_5376_BK.indd 3 12/17/13 9:58 AM Among Unknown Tribes was published in cooperation with the Southwest Center, University of Arizona, Tucson; American Museum of Natural History, New York; and Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Publication of this work was made possible in part by support from Bill and Alice Wright and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 2014 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in China First edition, 2014 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/rp-form The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). Design by Lindsay Starr Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Among unknown tribes : rediscovering the photographs of explorer Carl Lumholtz / by Bill Broyles, Ann Christine Eek, Phyllis La Farge, Richard Laugharn, and Eugenia Macías Guzmán. pages cm — (Bill and Alice Wright photography series) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-292-75463-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Lumholtz, Carl, 1851–1922. 2. Photography in ethnology. 3. Ethnology—Pictorial works. 4. Ethnologists—Germany—Biography. 5. Naturalists—Germany—Biography. 6. Explorers— Germany—Biography. I. Broyles, Bill, July 9, 1944–, editor of compilation. II. Eek, Ann Christine, 1948–, editor of compilation. III. La Farge, Phyllis, editor of compilation. IV. Laugharn, Richard, 1959–, editor of compilation. V. Macías Guzmán, Eugenia, editor of compilation. VI. Lumholtz, Carl, 1851–1922, photographer. gn21.l797a66 2014 305.80022'2—dc23 2013019657 doi:10.7560/754638 frontispiece: Carl Lumholtz, probably December 1905. (Photograph by Inger Barth, Hamar, Norway. Museum of Cultural History no. uemf09970_53_cl.) Broyles_5376_BK.indd 4 12/17/13 9:58 AM Dedicated to Bernard L. “Bunny” Fontana Scholar, guide, and friend Broyles_5376_BK.indd 5 12/17/13 9:58 AM The charm of the wilds had seized me again. No mode of life is equal to that of camping out, if one knows how, and no life is so engaging as that spent in the hope of adding to human knowledge. carl lumholtz New Trails in Mexico (1912) In the summer I made tours, always alone, up to the moun- tains in the central part of Norway, and how wonderful it seemed to be in touch with nature again! Never shall I for- get how beautiful some clumps of small mountain willows looked one early morning as I passed through them in the enchanting summer light of the northern countries. After a rainy night, newly formed pools reflected the brilliant sunlight in which the leaves of the willows fairly seemed to sparkle. There was enrapturing freshness in the landscape, which was high above the usual abode of man. The beau- ty of nature took hold of me and I felt my freedom from the confinements of metaphysics and scholasticism. I was overcome by emotion and wept from joy. . . . Love of na- ture took stronger and stronger hold of me and one day it occurred to me what a misfortune it would be to die with- out having seen the whole earth. carl lumholtz “My Life of Exploration” (1921) Broyles_5376_BK.indd 6 12/17/13 9:58 AM Contents 1 introduction bill broyles 9 timeline Carl Sofus Lumholtz in Brief 11 chapter 1 Carl Lumholtz and His Photographs ann christine eek 47 folio one Photographs from Carl Lumholtz’s Unknown Mexico Expeditions bill broyles, phyllis la farge, ann christine eek, richard laugharn, and eugenia macías guzmán 171 chapter 2 Looking for Lumholtz phyllis la farge 193 chapter 3 What Photographs Can Tell Us Carl Lumholtz and Shaman Rubio eugenia macías guzmán 202 folio two Photographs from Carl Lumholtz’s New Trails in Mexico Expedition bill broyles, phyllis la farge, richard laugharn, and ann christine eek Broyles_5376_BK.indd 7 12/17/13 9:58 AM 249 chapter 4 New Trails and Entwined Legacies Carl Lumholtz’s Sonoran Desert Photographs richard laugharn 263 chapter 5 A Man of Qualities Lumholtz and the Museum phyllis la farge 273 reflections A Life Among Unknown Tribes bill broyles, ann christine eek, phyllis la farge, and richard laugharn 279 notes for the photographic plates bill broyles, ann christine eek, phyllis la farge, richard laugharn, and eugenia macías guzmán 297 acknowledgments 301 bibliography 307 contributors 309 index of plates 311 general index viii among unknown tribes Broyles_5376_BK.indd 8 12/17/13 9:58 AM A M O N G U N K N O W N T R I B E S Broyles_5376_BK.indd 9 12/17/13 9:58 AM
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