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Object Number 45-30-20/76381.1.8
Display Title Pedra de la Salud
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Tarascan / Mexico / "Tarascan" Pedra de la Salud, Janitzio, Patzcuaro, E.F.C. 1942 / "Pedra de la Salud" / A grand old Tarascan Indian. Earrings made of pink paper on cotton string. Note (her left eye) strange slanting up line at corner. I find no description of this form in medical books. Tarascan Indians are the only Mexican Indians who have strong chins and heavy cheek bones. May be brothers-cousins of the Seris? Note pair of buxom corsets in the shape of the flesh on her chin. She wore magnificent patches. Pedra was a grand old girl and my friend. How her hands could fly through the air with grace when she ate.
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • People
Subject
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date 1942
Culture
  • Tarascan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Mexico
Dimensions Overall: 27.9401 × 17.145 cm (11 × 6 3/4 in.)

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