Posted on Monday, 24 October 2011

fuckyeahlatinamericanhistory: viperalugubris: Ceremonia Selk’nam Grupo étnico: Selk’nam Autor: Esteban Lucas Bridges Año: 1900-1908 Lugar: Najmishk, zona de Cabo Viamonte y los tributarios del río Fuego, Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego Soporte: Positivo sobre papel Archivo: Anthropos Institut. Sankt Augustin, Alemania The Selk’nam or Ona people, one of the original inhabitants of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in the southern tip of South America, were some of the last indigenous people in the American continent to be colonized by Europeans, although their very first contact with Europeans came in the sixteenth century during Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe. The men in this photograph are performing a traditional Hain coming-of-age ceremony. All full-blood Selk’nam are said to have died by the early 20th century, victims of disease, massacres, and forced relocations which started occurring in the late nineteenth century. Many Selk’nam were moved to areas run by religious missionaries. The photographer here, Esteban Lucas Bridges, was born in what is now Argentina to Anglican missionary parents. 

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Ceremonia Selk’nam

Grupo étnico: Selk’nam
Autor: Esteban Lucas Bridges
Año: 1900-1908
Lugar: Najmishk, zona de Cabo Viamonte y los tributarios del río Fuego, Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego
Soporte: Positivo sobre papel
Archivo: Anthropos Institut. Sankt Augustin, Alemania

The Selk’nam or Ona people, one of the original inhabitants of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in the southern tip of South America, were some of the last indigenous people in the American continent to be colonized by Europeans, although their very first contact with Europeans came in the sixteenth century during Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the globe. The men in this photograph are performing a traditional Hain coming-of-age ceremony. All full-blood Selk’nam are said to have died by the early 20th century, victims of disease, massacres, and forced relocations which started occurring in the late nineteenth century. Many Selk’nam were moved to areas run by religious missionaries. The photographer here, Esteban Lucas Bridges, was born in what is now Argentina to Anglican missionary parents. 

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