298 - COLOMBIA - BATTISTA VENTURELLO 1900-1981

COLOMBIA - BATTISTA VENTURELLO 1900-1981 A collection of photographs of Indigenous people taken by the explorer Venturello in Colombia, ca. 1930. Photographs. 22 vintage silver gelatin prints in postcard format, 11 of which are signed on the negative, while others bear the photographer’s credit within the image. Battista Venturello’s expedition with the Tigreris Piavan, Guayiba Indians at the Rio Plana, a Guajivo archer and his chief, Motilones in traditional dress, and Piapocas from Catanaribo.