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Alberto Ventura
Object Number 45-30-20/76381.1.13
Display Title Alberto Ventura
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on mounting board: "Otomi / Mexico / E.F.C., Alberto Ventura, San Antonio Tezaquipan, Mexico, Aug. 11- '41/ Albert Ventura / Fine type of "hammer head". Note how constant carrying of heavy loads has forced the cervical vertebrae outwards. Also note straight line from tip of nose to chin -- so Indian -- minus the ins and outs of the white man's lips. Also note how this diagonal line is repeated by line at back of neck. He wears the mecapal across forehead. Drawn at Ixmiquilpan, Mexico, 1941. Otomis have been [enslaved] from earliest times. "Albert" shows it as do all Otomis."
Keywords
  • People
  • Proper Name
Subject
  • Portrait
Department Photographic
Date July 21, 1941
Culture
  • Otomi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Mexico
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 27.9401 × 17.145 cm (11 × 6 3/4 in.)

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