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Profile portrait of a Chontal woman
Object Number 2004.29.8238
Display Title Profile portrait of a Chontal woman
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Chontal Indian, Tequistlatecan / (verso) Ser. VII. No. 36. Chontal woman / Tequixistlan, Oaxaca. / Starr Collection. Gift of C. P. Bowditch, April 16, 1903.
Subject
  • Portrait
  • Physical Type
Department Photographic
Date ca. 1903
Culture
  • Chontal
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico
Additional Geographic Terms Tequisistlán
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 34.2901 × 26.6701 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Frederick Starr
Donor Donated by Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch

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