My previous post got me asking - who was Louis Shotridge, the Tlingit ethnographer who sat for and signed the photograph?

Well here is his wikipedia.  He was an anthropologist, art collector, photographer, and I think a few other things.  His collecting was not without controversy, like many early anthropologists.  His Tlingit name was Stoowukáa.  His wife Florence (Kaatkwaaxsnéi) was his travel companion and an accomplished artisan.

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology host an online archive of his work!  And there is much to go through.  That’s tumblr rabbit-holing for you.

Click above or here for the digital archive.