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Title
A man posing with his drum, Barbacoas, Colombia, 1979
Creator
Cross, Richard, 1950-1983
Date Created and/or Issued
1979-04
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 man poses at the bottom of a set of stairs playing a drum. Several children are seen standing and sitting in the background of the image. There are women and children sticking their heads out of a window looking at the man as he walks towrds them. Barbacoas is a city in Nariño Department, located northwest of San Juan de Pasto, the department capital. Prior to European colonization, the area was home to several Indigenous groups who practiced mining. Spaniard Francisco de Praga y Zúñiga entered the area as part of Spanish colonization efforts and founded the city in 1600, where it continued to be an important mining center for gold, silver, platinum, and coal. The city remains an important mining center for Colombia.
Un hombre posa con su tambor sobre un escalón. Detrás de él al fondo de la imagen se observa a varios niños caminando o parados. Sobre las ventanas se observa a mujers y niños sacando la cabeza para mirar al hombre pasar. Barbacoas es una ciudad localizada en el departamento de Nariño, al noroeste de la capital departamental de San Juan de Pasto. Antes del periodo de colonización europea, la zona fue hogar de various grupos indígenas que practicaban la minería. El español Francisco de Praga y Zúñiga entró a la zona como parte de los esfuerzos de la corona española por colonizar y fundó la ciudad en el año 1600, donde continuó siendo un importante centro minero para la extracción de oro, plata, platino, y carbón. La ciudad sigue siendo un importante centro minero para Colombia.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Black-and-white negatives
Extent
35 mm
Identifier
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.01.04.11
http://digital-collections.csun.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p17169coll1/id/6665
Subject
Village communities
Music
Men, Black--Colombia--Barbacoas
Place
Barbacoas (Colombia)
Relation
99.01.RCr.N35.B17.01.04.11.tif
Richard Cross Photographs
California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Tom & Ethel Bradley Center

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