Face and profile of an African man, and face and profile of a Charrua man, extinct people of Uruguay. Probably one of four Charrua exhibited in Paris in 1831, perhaps Vaimaca-Piru Sira. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Werner from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.
Face and profile of an African man, and face and profile of a Charrua man, extinct people of Uruguay. Probably one of four Charrua exhibited in Paris in 1831, perhaps Vaimaca-Piru Sira. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Werner from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1849.