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Dancing around the pole of the Volador at an Aztec festival
Dancing around the pole of the Volador at an Aztec festival
Object Number 2004.29.8183
Display Title Dancing around the pole of the Volador at an Aztec festival
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Aztec Indians / Dancing around the pole of the Volador. This was continued almost the whole morning to the sound of a flute & drum. / Indian festival at Tepesco two hours ride from Tulancingo & Apisaco) January 17 and 18 - 1894(?) / Gift of Miss. A. Breton - August 1899.
Keywords
  • Ceremony
  • Dance
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • festival
  • Pole
  • Dance
Department Photographic
Date January 1894
Culture
  • Aztec
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Puebla
Additional Geographic Terms Tepesco
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 11.43 cm (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Adela C. Breton

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