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Example of common Huichol thatched hut at Vallecita in the Tuxpan section
Example of common Huichol thatched hut at Vallecita in the Tuxpan section
Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.39
Display Title Example of common Huichol thatched hut at Vallecita in the Tuxpan section
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico / Jalisco / 40-88 / N30391 H8112"; Typed caption on mount: "This tiny thatched hut at Vallecita, in the Tuxpan section, is a type common / throughout the Huichol region. It is built on stilts as a precaution against / scorpions and serves as sleeping quarters and store-room for non-religious / articles. In the heat of the day members of the family often rest on the reed- / cane floor or on the ground in the shade of the hut. Personal belongings are / placed in woven bags or gourd bowls and hung from rafters. The crudely / made violin is of local manufacture; the strings are bought in Mexican towns / outside the region."
Keywords
  • Clothing and Accessory
  • Dwelling
  • Ethnographic
  • Music and Sound Communication
Subject
  • thatch
  • violin
  • Platform
  • Clothing
  • Container
Department Photographic
Date 1938
Artist Edwin F. Myers
Culture
  • Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco
Additional Geographic Terms Tuxpan
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 19.3675 × 24.765 cm (7 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

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