This second book in a three-part series presents the images of the Austrian ethnographer and photographer Hugo Bernatzik, drawn from his expeditions of the 1920s and 1930s and published with full scholarly apparatus.
A young Southern Bayot man and woman celebrating the harvest in Elia. The man is trying to persuade his girlfriend to participate in the wrestling-match. Portuguese New Guinea, 1930-31.H. Bernatzik: Äthiopen 1933, pl. 120.
D. Byer: Fremde Frauen 1985, pl.120.Young Bidyogo woman participating in an initiation dance. She wears a bulls-horn headdress and has a sculpted staff with bells.Etikoka, 1930-1931.
D. Byer: Fremde Frauen 1985, pl.134A young Dinka woman who resides in a Jur village near Rumbek.H. Bernatzik: Nil und Kongo 1929, pl. 53; 1943, pl. 79.
H. Bernatzik: Gari-Gari, Berlin 1930, pl.39; New York 1936, pl. 39.
Wien 1936, pl. 49; Wien 1937, pl. 49.
H. Bernatzik: Dunkle 1930, pl. 139.
D. Byer: Fremde Frauen 1985.The painting and ornaments on the Nuba woman's face and body represent her strong countenance and reflect her honours. Berg Talodi, 1927.H. Bernatzik: Gari-Gari, Berlin 1930, pl. 102; Wien 1936, pl. 133, Wien 1937, pl. 133; Wien 1943, pl. 77; Graz 1948, pl. 77.
D. Byer: Fremde Frauen 1985, pl. 69.A Sudanese Gawhazi dancer performing the ancient stomach dance. Her body is wrapped in a street dress. Omdurman, 1927.H. Bernatzik: Gari-Gari, Berlin 1930, pl. 7; Wien 1936, pl.10; New York 1936, pl.7; Wien 1937, pl.10; Wien 1943, pl.12; Graz 1948, pl.12.
D. Byer: Fremde Frauen 1985, pl. 43.