John Fortenberry expedition photographs from Venezuela
Creators:
Fortenberry, John
Dates:
1985
Size:
17 Photographic prints (color)
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.342
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
This collection includes 17 photographic color prints made by John Fortenberry on a 1985 expedition with Canadian psychologists to the Amazonas region and Orinoco river in Venezuela. Photographs were made among the Yanomami (Yanoama) community, and possibly among the Piaroa and Ye'kuana (Makiritare/Mayagone) communities as well.
