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Image / Maya woman standing next to a house, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1948

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Title
Maya woman standing next to a house, Quintana Roo, Mexico, ca. 1948
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1948
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, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
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 Maya woman standing outdoors next to a thatched roof house. She wears a dress with embroidery around the neckline and on the skirt, a religious medal around her neck, bracelets on her wrists, rings on her finers and flowers in her hair. She stands with her left hand on her left hip. To the right, potted plants sit on a table supported by metal barrels and wood crates.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
6 x 8.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m63834 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Mexico-Woman-009
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63834
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Mexico-Woman-009.jpg
Subject
Women
Fashion
Rural areas
Portraits
Time Period
circa 1948
Place
North and Central America
Quintana Roo
nation: Mexico
Source
MFB/Mexico/Woman/009 [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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