Anthropology Day, Part 1 - Mixed Types

Today we will look at a range of tribal types in a two part set.  We start with a photo made 

by Prince Roland Bonapart of France.  The prince was a well educated man who did valuable ethnographic work which was not considered exploitative by subsequent commentators.

 

Melville Islanders

These two men are from the Melville Islands just off the coast of Northern Australia.

 

German Chinese Concession - 1898

Germany tried to get in on the colonialism trend in the late 19th Century, and one place they ventured was a "concession" in coastal China.  That basically meant that they strongarmed their way in at gunpoint and forced the Chinese government to concede control of Tianjin to them.  The photo above is from a group showing ethnic men from various German colonies.

 

Panara

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This tall fellow is Sokriti, a Parana tribesman from the border of Brazil and Colombia.  

Exceptionally tall for the indigenous of that region, they continue exist as a distinct tribe, 

and they have regained some lands formerly lost to ranchers.  The photo is from 1973.

 

New Zealand

I don't have a date for this shot of a Maori tattoo session in New Zealand.

I can imagine someone asking, "Does this tattoo make my ass look big?"

 

Anthropology Day, Part 2 - Ainu Men

Part two of Anthropology Day focuses on men of the Ainu, an indigenous group from Japan's nothernmost island of Hokkaido.  Early Western ethnologists thought they were an isolated group of Caucasians because many of them have light skin, heavy beards, and light eyes.  Later, DNA tests showed them not to be Caucasian.   The man above is could have fooled me.

 

That beard!

This grumpy looking Ainu man has one prodigious beard!

 

Same guy?

I'm not sure, but I think these two photos may be of the same Ainu man.

 

Hunter

The Ainu modernized their approach to hunter-gathering 

in the late 19th Century by taking up firearms.

 

More light eyes

Our final Ainu man is another example of light eyes among this group.

 

Nudist Men at the Beach

Today we visit some nudist men at the beach.

There's a lot to like about this first guy.

 

Thrower

I think he's about to throw a handful of wet sand at the camera man.

 

Surfer

This looks like a California nude surf scene.

 

That look

I have no idea what he's looking at,

but I do know what I'm looking at.

 

Nice smile

We get a nice big smile from this beachgoer.

 

Arm in Arm

These two men were cropped from a long line of mostly females.

 

Boogie board

A boogie board is a great way to enjoy a day at the beach.

 

Helios

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Big ball

No trip to the beach is complete without a big puffy ball.

 

Refreshment

Our last seaside nudist is a pleasant looking fellow

who is about to enjoy some fruit juice.

 

Douglas of Detroit Day

It's Douglas of Detroit day, and we start with Dick Buckholtz,

a model whose name I have seen spelled at least four ways.

 

Bob Delmonteque

It was hard to go wrong with Bob Delmonteque as a model.

 

Mike Dubel

Although the oil on his shoulders is a bit much,

Mike Dubel's fantastic body more than makes up for it.

 

Ward Heath

From the neck up, Ward Heath looks like the boy next door.

 

Pete Jacobs

This imposing Midwest hunk is Pete Jacobs.

 

Keith Maynard

I call Keith Maynard's pose here the "modified man of steel."

I imagine him probing the skies for a meteor about to hit the earth.

 

Don Olsen

Don Olsen looks like he's holding one of those imaginary ropes.

 

Stan Stanczyk

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Kurt Stanley

I was fortunate to recently come across this "new" photo of Kurt Stanley.

 

Tom Talbot

Finishing the Douglas of Detroig series with Tom Talbot,

whose chest and shoulders look almost sculpted in stone.