William Lipkin [sic] - graduate student from Columbia University, studying Caraja Indians (Photograph 79)

William Lipkin [sic] - graduate student from Columbia University, studying Caraja Indians (Photograph 79)
Charles_Wagley, 1939[?]

The UFDC website identifies the photo as being that of William Lipkind, who accompanied Charles Wagley to the Tapirapé in 1939 (cf. Reis 2023:183; see also Wagley 1988). The photograph is number 79 in a series, numbered 1-186, documenting Wagley's first trip to Brazil, from his arrival in Rio de Janeiro to his initial work among the Tapirapé. Three other pictures later in the series seem to portray the same individual (albeit not as clearly): photograph 90 in a section titled "Traveling on Rio Tapirape (Photographs 86-97);" and photographs 119 and 121 in a section titled "The anthropologist at work (Photographs 119-121)" (photograph 120 is obviously of Valentim Gomes among the Tapirapé).

Ribeiro et al. (p. 284-285, in Leitão (org.) 2017) identify the gentleman at the typewriter as renowned Brazilian writer Dalcídio Jurandir, who assisted Wagley during the latter's work on public health in Gurupá, Pará (for confirmed portraits of Jurandir, click here). However, the fact
that the picture is part of a series documenting Wagley's early work with the Tapirapé seems to corroborate its identification as provided by the UFDC website.
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