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People seated around official meeting table
People seated around official meeting table
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.6
Display Title People seated around official meeting table
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Mexico, State of Jalisco / Officials hold their town meetings seated at this rough-hewn table. During their rain ceremony the blood of sacrificial bulls is daubed on this table as it is considered sacred. / All photos are copyrighted by Edwin Forgan Myers
Keywords
  • Community Organization and War
  • Ceremony
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Table
  • town meeting
Department Photographic
Date 1938
Artist Edwin F. Myers
Culture
  • Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 cm (2 1/4 in.)

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