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Title
Portrait of a girl carrying a water jug on her head, Guatemala, ca. 1946
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1946
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, PO Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of a girl wearing traditional clothing, a necklace and earrings who carries a large water jug on her head which she supports with her right hand. Her braided hair hangs down her back. She stands outdoors in an area of dense foliage.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
17.5 x 12 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64653 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Guatemala-03-013
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64653
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Guatemala-03-013.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Women
Portraits
Time Period
circa 1946
Place
Guatemala
North and Central America
Source
MFB/Guatemala/03/013 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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