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Title
Girl pours milk into a pot, San Basilio de Palenque, 1975
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1975-06
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
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Description
A girl from the community of San Basilio de Palenque pours milk into a big metal container. Next to her, two other residents (one carrying a milk pot on her head) observe the scene while a man takes notes. A truck loaded with big milk containers can be seen in the background. Before 1971, when a road was built allowing buses and trucks to travel to and from San Basilio, horses, mules, and donkey were the only mode of transportation. Colombian anthropologist Nina S. De Friedemann had been studying the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio de Palenque for the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and Richard Cross joined her to do work as a visual anthropologist in June 1975. Friedemann recorded that in several houses the custom of bringing cows and calves for milking the following morning and keeping them in the corrals behind the houses was still maintained. Palenqueros kept part of the milk for family consumption and sold the rest. People in San Basilio de Palenque speak a Spanish-based creole language known as Palenquero. According to public records, in 1975 the village had 2,400 residents (mostly farmers or day laborers) and 388 houses. This image illustrates Cross's anthropological categories: Inventory of male-female work roles, Social organization, and Social change.
Una niña de la comunidad de San Basilio de Palenque vierte la leche en un gran recipiente de metal. Junto a ella, otros dos residentes (una cargando una olla de leche en la cabeza) observan la escena mientras un hombre toma notas. Un camión cargado con grandes recipientes de leche se puede ver en el fondo. Antes de 1971, cuando se construyó una carretera que permitía a los autobuses y camiones viajar hacia y desde San Basilio, los caballos, las mulas y el burro eran el único medio de transporte. La antropóloga colombiana Nina S. de Friedemann había estado estudiando la comunidad afrocolombiana de San Basilio de Palenque desde 1973 para el Instituto Colombiano de Antropología y Richard Cross se unió a ella para trabajar como antropólogo visual en junio de 1975. Friedemann registró que en varias casas todavía se mantenía la costumbre de traer al atardecer las vacas y los terneros para el ordeño la mañana siguiente y se guardaban en los corrales detrás de las casas. Los palenqueros conservaban parte de la leche para consumo familiar y vendían el resto. La gente en San Basilio de Palenque habla una lengua criolla con base en español conocida como palenquero. Según los registros públicos locales, en 1975 el pueblo tenía 2,400 residentes (en su mayoría agricultores o jornaleros) y 388 casas. Esta imagen ilustra tres categorías antropológicas de Cross: Inventario de los roles laborales masculino-femenino, Organización social y Cambio Social.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B1.03.01.36
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/4549
Subject
Documentary photographs
Milk trade
Blacks--Colombia--San Basilio del Palenque
San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)--Social conditions
Place
San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B1.03.01.36.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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