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Object Number 40-88-20/76388.1.29
Display Title Central gathering place, religious 'mecca' of Huichols
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Mexico - Jalisco / Santa Catarina (village) / Central gathering place religious "mecca" of Huichols. Under trees are god-houses, temples and old Spanish church. There is also a community house and several private dwellings. / All photographs copyright by Edwin Forgan Myers
Keywords
  • Rural Settlement
  • Ceremony
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • religious center
  • Village
Department Photographic
Date 1938
Artist Edwin F. Myers
Culture
  • Huichol
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Jalisco / <County> / <City> / Santa Catarina
Dimensions Overall: 8.255 × 10.795 cm (3 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)

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