1909 Print Negrito Women Girls Nude Shaved Head Profile Aboriginal XGDB7 XASA4 slide films

slide films

This piece was illustrated by Hirsch

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1909 Print Negrito Women Girls Nude Shaved Head Profile Aboriginal XGDB7 XASA4 slide filmsThis is an original 1909 black and white halftone print of a study of Negrito girls showing the difference in hair, as the elder girl has the back of her head shaved in a wide part typical of this particular tribe. The Negrito people are a widespread culture in Southeast Asia with different names depending on region, yet today they are all referred to as "Negrito." This is partially because the classification was made by Spanish explorers who, not