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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.38
Display Title
Huichol father carrying child on his back
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico: State of Jalisco / 40-88 / N30390 H8111"; Typed caption on mount: "Like many of the Huichol men, this young father shares the care of / the children with his wife. The photograph was unposed and taken / without the knowledge of the subject with a reflex camera."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Childcare
- People and Family
Subject
- Child
- carrying
- Father
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.6375 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 1940
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