Portrait of a woman from Tehuantepec

Translated Title:

Retrato de una mujer de Tehuantepec

Creator / Contributor:

Unidentified / No identificado (photographer / fotógrafo)

Date Created / Date Issued:

circa 1900-1910

Place Name:

Mexico and Mexico--Oaxaca--Tehuantepec

Description:

Postcard containing a portrait of an Indigenous woman from Tehuantepec posing with a large bowl on her head taken sometime during the Porfiriato period (1876-1911). —— Tarjeta postal que contiene un retrato de una mujer indígena de Tehuantepec posando con un cuenco grande en la cabeza tomada en algún momento durante el Porfiriato (1876-1911).

Topic:

Women--Mexico , Mujeres--México , Women--Mexico--Social conditions , Mujeres--México--Condiciones sociales , Costume--Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico)--Photographs , and Vestuario--Tehuantepec, Istmo de (México)--Fotografías

Time Period Covered:

20th Century / Siglo XX (1900-1999)

Language:

English

Type:

Still image / Imagen fija

Extent:

1 photograph / fotografía

General Note:

#1178

Source Collection Name:

Genaro García Photograph Collection

Owning Repository:

Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin

Rights:

Public Domain / Dominio Público (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Rights - Use and Reproduction:

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