Starr collection.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, current owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Mexico--Oaxaca (State).

Ethnology.

Indigenous peoples--Mexico--Oaxaca (State)--Photographs.

Indigenous peoples.

Indians of Mexico--Photographs.

Indians of Mexico.

Mexico--Oaxaca (State).

Genre:

Photographs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Production:

1898-1999.

Contents:

Zapotec woman and girls at Tlacolula; the rebozos are bought in Oaxaca; the belts may come from Ocotepec; the other garments are made here; the mode of wearing the folded rebozo on the head is quite characteristic, 1898-1999

A group of Triquis at Chicahuaxtla; notice the folds upon the old man's knee, the way in which the children carry babies and the expressiveness of the fingers raised to the lips, 1898-1999

Mixtec potter at work at Cuquila; the vessels are of course paste and are shaped by hand; they are build up upon a little board which can be turned around; notice this board, the lump of clay, the shaping tools made of pieces of gourd, all resting on a log which serves as a work table; the vessels are sun dried before baking, 1898-1999.

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Notes:

Collection no.: STC.

Online resource.

OCLC:

1090116559

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.