Abkhazia and the Abkhazians (1903) | Photos by Joseph de Baye
A group of Abkhazians (1903). Photo by Joseph de Baye (1853-1931).
Joseph de Baye (1853-1931), French archaeologist and traveller. Baron Joseph de Baye (French) was initially a keen amateur archaeologist. At the turn of the twentieth century, the Ministry of Public Instruction sent him on a mission to collect pottery in the Russian Empire. He gave public lectures in Paris on his return and furthered knowledge of Russia's archaeological and ethnographic treasures through his publications - gathered under the title "Souvenirs d'une mission en Abkhasie, en Crimée, en Géorgie, en Lituanie, en Nouvelle Flussie, en Petite Russie", and by presenting the collections he brought back at the Musée Guimet, and building up an exceptional collection of photographs.
He wrote a book about Abkhazia, see: "En Abkhasie: Souvenirs d'une mission" (Paris, 1904).
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