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  • Three Pygmy men, wearing bones through their noses and ears. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    535648i
    • Pictures
  • The pygmies. / By A. de Quatrefages ; translated by Frederick Starr.

    • Quatrefages, A. de (Armand), 1810-1892.
    Date
    1895, ©1894
    • Books
  • A philological essay concerning the pygmies of the ancients / by Edward Tyson ; now edited, with an introduction treating of pygmy races and fairy tales, by Bertram C.A. Windle.

    • Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.
    Date
    1894
    • Books
  • A group of Pygmy men, all wearing penis gourds, carrying bows and arrows. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    535661i
    • Pictures
  • The Sudan: a pigmy man. Photograph by R.G. Archibald, 1911.

    • Archibald, R. G. (Robert George), Sir, 1880-1953.
    Date
    1911
    Reference
    494818i
    Part of
    Archibald, Robert George, Sir, 1880-1953.
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  • A naked Pygmy man, carrying a bow and arrows. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    535666i
    • Pictures
  • [Cutting from The London Journal (1853?) titled: 'The earthmen in Southern Africa'. ].

    Date
    1853
    • Ephemera
    • Online
  • A bearded Pygmy man, wearing a penis gourd and carrying a large bag, standing by a river. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    535583i
    • Pictures
  • A bearded Pygmy man, wearing a penis gourd and carrying a bag, standing by a river. Photograph, ca.1900.

    • Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957
    Reference
    535582i
    • Pictures
  • Contribution à l'étude des Pygmées d'Afrique : les Négrilles du Centre Africain, type sous-dolichocéphale / Docteur Poutrin.

    • Poutrin, Dr.
    Date
    1911-1912
    • Books
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