William John McGee
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William John McGee, LL.D. was an American inventor, geologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist, born in Farley, Iowa. He always referred to himself as W J McGee, without periods.
McGee in 1900
Seri people
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The Seri or Comcaac people are an indigenous group of the Mexican state of Sonora. The majority reside on the Seri communal property, in the towns of Punta Chueca and El Desemboque on the mainland coa
William John McGee
…ethnologist in charge of the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1893 to 1903. In 1895, he explored the Isla del Tiburón, Gulf of California, home of the Seri Indians. In 1904 he was chief of the department of anthropology that organized the "Anthropology Days" at the 1904 Summer Olympics / Louisiana Purchase Exposition…
Chapito, a Seri shaman from Punta Chueca, Sonora
Seri basket made from the haat plant (Jatropha cuneata)
Mashem, a Seri interpreter. Picture from a 1895 report from the Bureau of American Ethnology.