Saami man

Commentary
Saami man
Accession number: 
1941.8.44
Collection: 
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Studio portrait of a Saami man, standing, wearing a distinctive hat.

Photographer: Friedrich Renard studio (Stockholm, Sweden), labelled ‘F. Renard’
Date of photograph: Circa 1870s
Continent: Europe
Geographical area: Northern Europe
Country: Sweden
Region/Place: Stockholm
Cultural group: European Saami
Format: Carte de visite, hand-coloured
Size: 101 x 62 mm
Acquisition: Joan Evans. Donated August 1941

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Primary documentation: ‘[p.588] Dr. JOAN EVANS, from the property of the late SIR ARTHUR EVANS, Youlbury, Boars Hill, Oxford. [List of items follows]’; ‘[p.590] 38 photographs, many coloured, of Lapp types, in box’: Pitt Rivers Museum accession records (Donations X, 1937–1941), pp.588, 590. Notes on mount: ‘F. RENARD/ Regeringsgatan No. 28 B’ (printed on mount card); ‘F. RENARD[’]s/ Fotografi-Atelier/ No. 28 B. Regeringsgatan No. 28 B./ STOCKHOLM’ (printed on reverse of mount card).

Research notes: This carte de visite has been identified as a photograph by Friedrich Renard, taken from the printed information on the reverse. Renard’s studio is described as being located at ‘Regeringsgatan No. 28, B’ in Stockholm.