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Title
Men carrying a coffin to the cemetery, Patzún, 1982
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1982-03-03
Publication Information
California State University, Northridge
Contributing Institution
California State University, Northridge
Collection
Richard Cross Photographs (Bradley Center)
Rights Information
Use of images from the collections of the Tom & Ethel Bradley Center is strictly prohibited by law without prior written consent from the copyright holders. The responsibility for the use of these materials rests exclusively with the user.
The Bradley Center may assist in obtaining copyright/licensing permission to use images from the Richard Cross collection. http://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/contact
Description
A group of men carry a coffin through a crowd on the way to its burial site. Several people in the crowd are wearing colorful clothing. Standing in the middle of the crowd are five soldiers saluting the coffin as it passes them by. They are all armed with IMI Galil rifles of Israeli origin.
Un grupo de hombres carga un ataúd sobre sus hombros mientras lo llevan hacia su sepulterio. Varias personas entre la multitud llevan ropa colorida. Parados en el medio de la imagen se observan a cinco soldados parados saludando al ataúd mientras los pasa. Todos portan fusiles IMI Galil de origen israelí.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
color slides
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.07.36.03
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/8517
Subject
Mayas
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Cemeteries--Guatemala--Patzún
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
Place
Patzún (Guatemala)
Relation
99.01.RCr.sl.B12.07.36.03.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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