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Object Number
40-88-20/76388.1.50
Display Title
Huichol rancheria in the Tamarita Valley
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "Huichol / Mexico: State of Jalisco / 40-88 / N30402 H8139"; Typed caption on mount: "Typical Huichol rancheria located in the deep Tamarita Valley on the / trail between Santa Catarina and Las Latas. A few head of cattle / can be seen grazing in the extreme lower right. Corn is usually / planted on the mountain slopes at some distance from the ranches."
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Agriculture
- Animal Husbandry
- Rural Settlement
Subject
- Cattle
- ranch
- corn
Department
Photographic
Date
1938
Artist
Edwin F. Myers
Culture
- Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Jalisco
Dimensions
Overall: 25.4001 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 1940
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