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1940

  • Work on this object began.

1941

  • Work on this object ended.

1949

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Photograph, Huicol Indians: Woman of Las Hausimas, Nayarit, Mexico

This is a Photograph. It is dated 1940–41 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is gelatin silver print mounted on cream paperboard, ruled lines in pen and black ink. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Marian Hague. It is credited Gift of Marian Hague.

Its dimensions are

Image: 19 x 18.8 cm (7 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.) Mount: 37.8 x 25.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: DONALD CORDAY / PHOTO

It is signed

Recto of photograph: lower right in pen and black ink: Donald Corday

It is inscribed

Recto lower left in pen and black ink: Huicol Indians: / Woman of Las Hausimas, Nayarit, Mexico - / She is embroidering a small, man's bag: her face is painted vermillion. Verso in graphite lower right: For Ellimon pouch Verso in graphite lower right: 326.1d verso: old accession number: 1949-109-1-A

Cite this object as

Photograph, Huicol Indians: Woman of Las Hausimas, Nayarit, Mexico; gelatin silver print mounted on cream paperboard, ruled lines in pen and black ink; Image: 19 x 18.8 cm (7 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.) Mount: 37.8 x 25.2 cm (14 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.); Gift of Marian Hague; 1949-109-1-1

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