Lot 229 - Pair Of Antique Portuguese-Language Brazilian Anthropological Folios, "Study Of The Urupá Indians" And "Study Of The Indigenous Races Of Brazil," Museu Nacional Rio De Janeiro, With Skull And Tool Plates

Pair of antique Portuguese-language anthropological folios in tan paper covers with red cloth spines. One volume is titled "Contribuição ao Estudo Anthropometrico dos Indios Urupás" ("Contribution to the Anthropometric Study of the Urupá Indians") by Professors E. Roquette-Pinto and A. Childe, with a manuscript inscription reading "from Museu Nacional Rio... Archivos v. 25, 1925" and a penciled library number "556 R688." The second volume is titled "Contribuições para o estudo anthropologico das raças indigenas do Brazil" ("Contributions to the Anthropological Study of the Indigenous Races of Brazil"), containing a section "Nota sobre a conformação dos dentes" ("Note on the Conformation of the Teeth") by Dr. Lacerda Filho. Both volumes contain line drawings of crania with craniometric measurement tables, and plates depicting stone axes captioned "Machados de Pedra" ("Stone Axes"). Small adhesive library labels are present on the spines. Neither volume has been evaluated for completeness. Good to fair condition, with soiling and surface wear to covers, and foxing and toning to interior pages.

Listed dimensions are of each individual volume.