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Studio portrait of Mixco wet-nurse and baby
Studio portrait of Mixco wet-nurse and baby
Object Number 2004.29.8608
Display Title Studio portrait of Mixco wet-nurse and baby
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Quiche Indians? / Mixco wet-nurse, Pocomam Central group -CP 78 / Mayan / Guatemala / Giron, Fot. No. 82 (verso) Indian nurse / G.B. Gordon. 1901
Keywords
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • People
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 23.1775 × 18.0975 cm (9 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Collector Dr. George Byron Gordon

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