Finding Aid for Varias fotografias, circa 1890 2006.R.7
Beth Ann Guynn.
Special Collections
2007
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Varias fotografias
Creator: Briquet, Abel
Identifier/Call Number: 2006.R.7
Physical Description: 1 album(s)(168 photomechanical prints)
Date (inclusive): circa 1890
Abstract: The album contains collotypes of Mexican antiquities, primarily Mesoamerican ceramic or stone objects, as well as two colonial
pieces. Most of the objects were photographed while on display in the former Museo Nacional de México. Also included are two
views of the Pyramid of the Niches at the Totonac site of El Tajin.
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Language of Material: Spanish; Castilian.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2006.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitzed by the repository in 2016 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2006r7
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. Varias fotografias, circa 1890.
Preferred Citation
Varias fotografias, circa 1890, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2006.R.7.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2006r7
Processing History
Processed by Beth Ann Guynn
Scope and Content of Collection
The album contains collotypes of Mexican antiquities, primarily Mesoamerican ceramic or stone objects, as well as two colonial
pieces. Most of the objects were photographed while on display in the former Museo Nacional de México. Many of them are numbered
either on the object itself or on their bases, and a scale is often included in the image. Several objects are represented
in two or more views, either in the same image or in separate images. Also included are two views of the Pyramid of the Niches
at the Totonac site of El Tajin.
The objects depicted include a wide array of human, god, and animal figures (dogs, frogs, fish, jaguars, crocodiles, snakes,
tigers, etc.), as well as relief sculptures and musical instruments. Captions indicate that the objects came from Veracruz,
Santiago Tlatelolco, Tula, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tehuantepec, and Texcoco, and that they represent the Aztec, Zapotec, Toltec, and
Tlaxcalan cultures.
Publication Rights
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Oaxaca (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Puebla (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Tajin Site (Mexico)
Tehuantepec, Isthmus of (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Photolithographs -- Mexico -- 19th century
Aztec sculpture -- Mexico
Totonac architecture
Veracruz-Llave (Mexico : State) -- Antiquities
Collotypes -- Mexico -- 19th century
Texcoco de Mora (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Photomechanical prints -- Mexico -- 19th century
Tlateloco (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Photographs, Original
Tlaxcala (Mexico : State) -- Antiquities
Tula de Allende (Mexico) -- Antiquities
Museo Nacional de México
Varias fotografias, Series I.
circa 1890
Varias fotografias (digitized version): circa 1890
Physical Description: 168 collotypes
Scope and Contents note
Spanish captions are handwritten in pencil below many of the images, and are transcribed as they appear. Cataloger's descriptions
for items without captions are in brackets.
box 1, item 1
Parte posterior del templo del Tajin, llamado tambien Pirámide de Papantla (Estado de Veracruz)
box 1, item 2
Piedra bellamente labrada ¿Uso? Frente Veracruz
Scope and Contents note
Frontal view of #79 [?]
box 1, item 3
Vaso de mármol - objeto de culto
box 1, item 5
Gran vaso de barro - Objeto de culto - Santiago Tlaltelolco (Ciudad de México)
Scope and Contents note
Same object as items 117 and 124.
box 1, item 6
Corcobado [sic] de piedra - Fronte
box 1, item 7
Caja de piedra, cronológica
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 11.
box 1, item 8
Teponastle ó instrumento músico, labrado en piedra
box 1, item 9
Pies humanos procedentes de Tula de Hidalgo
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 18.
box 1, item 10
Idolillo de barro, frente y perfil. Representa un aguador
Scope and Contents note
Written in negative [?] on front of figure: 1879. ________ Zocotchuc.
box 1, item 11
Cuadrupedo de barro con careta humana ¿Culto?
box 1, item 12
Piedra commemorativa de una inundación
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 1.
box 1, item 13
Teponastle ó instrumento músico de madera
box 1, item 15
[Stele Carved with a Fish (?) and a Frog]
box 1, item 16
[Stone Jaguar (?) Head]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as #67.
box 1, item 17
[Cylindrical Carved Stone]
Scope and Contents note
Number in center of object: 34.
box 1, item 20
[Two Stone Ehécatl Figures, One Seated, One Standing]
Scope and Contents note
Same objects as item 69.
box 1, item 21
[Stone Snake with Carved Designs]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 64.
box 1, item 22
[Stone Torso with Bound Legs]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 20. Similar to item 9.
box 1, item 24
[Stone Figure of a Baby Bound to a Sheaf of Feathers (?)]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 51.
box 1, item 25
[Stone Figure Seated Cross-legged on a Stool]
box 1, item 26
[Aztec Calendar Stone in situ in the Museo Nacional with Plaque Detailing its Recent History]
box 1, item 27
[Seated Stone Figure with Headdress]
box 1, item 28
[Carved Stone Column]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 12.
box 1, item 29
[Kneeling Stone Female Figure Adorned with Skulls]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 30.
box 1, item 30
[Standing Stone Figure with Headdress]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 43.
box 1, item 31
[Frontal View of Stone Male Head]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as items 37 & 44.
box 1, item 32
[Stone Male Head Wearing Helmet or Cap]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 47.
box 1, item 33
[Two Views of a Human Skull]
box 1, item 34
[Female Figure Bearing Large Headdress or Structure]
box 1, item 35
[Standing Figure with Skull-like Head]
box 1, item 36
[Stone Bust with Large Headdress]
box 1, item 37
[Profile View of Stone Male Head]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as items 31 and 44.
box 1, item 38
[Stone Seated Male Figure]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 60.
box 1, item 40
Relieve lateral de una saya de piedra procedente de Santiago Tlaltelolco - Mexico
box 1, item 41
Crótalo de piedra - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 42
Barro zapoteca - Mitla (Oajaca)
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 71. Written on base: Expedítion de Du Paix. Mitla.
box 1, item 43
Piedra esculpida - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 44
Cabesa de piedra procedente de Veracruz
Scope and Contents note
Same object as items 31 and 37.
box 1, item 45
Barro - ¿Uso doméstico?
Scope and Contents note
Number on object: 46.
box 1, item 47
Camaxtli: el dios dela guerra entre los Tlaxcaltecas
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 28.
box 1, item 48
Bajo relievo de una divinidad no bien definida
box 1, item 49
Estatue en piedra de una diosa
Scope and Contents note
Number on object: 9.
box 1, item 50
Parte posterior de un goan vaso de barro, representativo de Tlaloc dios de las lluvias
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 52 [?]
box 1, item 51
Huéhuetl: tambor de madera
box 1, item 52
Perfil de un barro representatión de Tlaloc dios de las lluvias, Tehuantepec
Scope and Contents note
Same object as items 50 and 72.
box 1, item 53
[View of the Underside of a Carved Frog (?)]
box 1, item 54
[Stele with Snake Heads]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 41. Verso of item 54 numbered 55; no image for item 55.
box 1, item 56
[Carved Stone Figure with Headdress]
box 1, item 57
Cruz de Teotihuacan
Scope and Contents note
On base: number 15.
box 1, item 58
[Stele with Carved Seated Figure]
box 1, item 59
[Stone Bas-relief Colonial Coat of Arms]
box 1, item 60
[Side View of a Carved Stone Figure with Kyphosis(?)]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as #38.
box 1, item 61
[Stone Block with Bas-relief]
box 1, item 62
[Stone Block with Two-register Bas-relief]
box 1, item 63
[Stone Block with Carved Relief; Stone Stele or Block with Bas-relief]
box 1, item 64
[Stone Snake with Carved Designs]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as #21.
box 1, item 65
[Cylindrical Carved Stone]
box 1, item 66
[Stone Figure with Headdress]
box 1, item 67
[Stone Jaguar (?) Head]
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 16.
box 1, item 69
Los Ehécatl, una de las manifestationes del dios del viento (Quetzalcóatl)
Scope and Contents note
Same objects as in item 69.
box 1, item 70
Mascaras de piedra - Objetos de culto
Scope and Contents note
See accession number 2006.r. 21 for another image of the mask on the left.
box 1, item 71
Barro Zapoteca - Mitla (Oaxaca)
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 42.
box 1, item 72
Barro en el cual se representa a Tlaloc dios de las lluvias
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 140 [?]
box 1, item 73
Estatuilla de piedra, quien la representación de un jugador de pelota
box 1, item 75
Barros Zapotecas (Oaxaca)
box 1, item 76
Yugo de piedra, para el sacraficio
box 1, item 77
Bajo relieve con la representación del fuego - Es parte de una urna o caja de piedra
box 1, item 78
Objetos de culto, piedras
box 1, item 79
Piedra brillantemente labrada - ¿Uso? Veracruz
Scope and Contents note
Back of item 2?
box 1, item 80
León esculpida en piedra - Parte posterior
box 1, item 81
Mascara de piedra - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 82
Crótalo de piedra - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 83
Bajo relieve colosal (parte) procedente de Texcoco
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 6.
box 1, item 84
Lápida de Chapultepec probablemente representación de Hutzilopchtli dios de la guerra
box 1, item 85
Teponastle ó instrumento músico de madera
box 1, item 86
Mascaras de piedra - objetos de culto
box 1, item 87
On base: Mictlanteuhtli, Señor de los muertos
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 33.
box 1, item 89
Figura human, esculpida en piedra
box 1, item 90
Estatua labrada en piedra
box 1, item 91
Crótalo con escamar - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 92
Frente y perfil de un barro Zapoteca (Oaxaca)
box 1, item 93
Crótalo de piedra - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 94
Cabesa de ocelotl (tigre) - Barro
box 1, item 95
Cabesa esculpida en piedra
box 1, item 96
Gran vaso de barro - objeto de culto - Santiago Tlatelolco - (Mexico)
box 1, item 98
La imagen de Miqueztli [?] (La Muerte) esculpida en una casa [?] lateral de una urna de piedra
box 1, item 99
Cuccurbitacea labrada muy bellamente en piedra
box 1, item 100
Oaxaca
Scope and Contents note
On base: 39. Lapida sepulcral.
box 1, item 101
Idolo existente en la academía de Puebla
box 1, item 102
Parte inferior de un cilindro de piedra, en el que se halla esculpido el Tzontémoc, o sea el sol poniente
box 1, item 103
Relieve lateral de nahui ollin
box 1, item 104
Frente y perfil de un barro Zapoteca (Oaxaca)
box 1, item 105
Crótalo de piedra - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 106
Piedra labrada representando simbolismos astronomicos
Scope and Contents note
Number on object: 10.
box 1, item 107
Figura á Océlotl de piedra - Parte posterior
box 1, item 108
Relieve lateral astronómico, de una caja de piedra
box 1, item 109
Relieve de piedra de una diosa que camina cantando
box 1, item 110
Barros sapotecas (Oaxaca)
box 1, item 112
Crótalo aprisionado a un mamífero - Piedra
box 1, item 113
Teponastle ó instrumento músico de madera
box 1, item 114
Relieve cronológico (año 4 cañas) esculpido en la superficie lateral de una urna de piedra
box 1, item 115
Relieve en piedra en el cual se representea un autosacrificio
box 1, item 117
Gran vaso de barro; objeto de culto - Santiago Tlateloco
Scope and Contents note
Number on object: 24. Same image as item 154; same object as item 5.
box 1, item 118
Capitel (?) Procedente de Tula (Hidalgo)
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 15.
box 1, item 119
Quetzalcóatl /culebra emplumada, dios de aire
box 1, item 120
Parte posterior de un gran barro representation de Tláloc Dios de las lluvias - Tehuantepec
box 1, item 121
Vaso de marmol - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 122
Barros Zapotecas (Oaxaca)
box 1, item 123
Diosa labrada en piedra
Scope and Contents note
Number on figure: 13.
box 1, item 124
Vaso de marmol - Objeto de culto
Scope and Contents note
Number on figure: 31.
box 1, item 125
Idolo esculpido en piedra
box 1, item 127
Barro representatión de Tláloc dios de las lluvias Tehuantepec
box 1, item 128
Diosa cuyo simbolismo no esta perfectamente cametenzada[?]
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 23.
box 1, item 129
Idolo humano esculpido en piedra
box 1, item 130
Cactús (vulg órgano esculpido en piedra)
box 1, item 131
Estela (?) de piedra
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 11.
box 1, item 132
Sapo de piedra (Bufo) Objeto de culto
box 1, item 133
Disco en piedra de estilo maya
box 1, item 134
Piedra en cuyo centro destaca el nahálin ó los 4 moviminetos del sol
box 1, item 136
Estatua de una divinidad que parece ser Camaxtli i.e. Chacmool
box 1, item 137
Partes anterior y posterior de una basa en la cual se represente, en A a una diosa con falda de estrellas (Citlalimicue)
Scope and Contents note
i.e. Citlalicue.
box 1, item 138
Estatua de una dios que parece ser de los mantenimientos
box 1, item 139
Bajo relieve con el nahui ollin, ó los cuatro movimentos de sol
box 1, item 140
Parte lateral de un barro que representa á Tláloc, dios de las lluvias, Tehuantepec
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 72 [?]
box 1, item 141
Gran vaso de barro - tiene modelada a la diosa Centéotl la de las mascaras de maiz
box 1, item 142
Crótalo de piedra - Objeto de culto
box 1, item 143
Idolillo humano esculpido en piedra
box 1, item 145
Perro de piedra (frente) - Su propia cola le sirve de base
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 162.
box 1, item 146
Diosa esculpida en piedra
box 1, item 147
Teponastle ó instrumento músico de madera
box 1, item 148
Combatientes esculpidos en una casa lateral de una caja ó urna de piedra
Scope and Contents note
Number on base: 16.
box 1, item 149
Teponastle ó instrumento músico de madera
box 1, item 150
Objeto de culto (?) labrado en piedra
box 1, item 151
Lápida figurativa de los cuauhlti y los océlot
box 1, item 152
Xiuhunslpilli [?] ó atado de años, con el simbolo Miquztli
box 1, item 153
Base de un cilindro de piedra en el que se halla esculpido el Tzontemoc, el Sol Poniente
box 1, item 154
Gran vaso de barro objeto de culto. Santiago Tlatlelolco
Scope and Contents note
Number on object: 24. Same image as item 117; same object as item 5.
box 1, item 155
Divinidad esculpida en una losa
box 1, item 157
Divinidad asteca - Piedra
box 1, item 158
Fragmento de relieve en piedra
box 1, item 159
Figura á ocelotl de piedra
box 1, item 160
Crótalo de piedra - objeto de culto
box 1, item 161
Piedra esculpida muy bellamente ¿Culto?
box 1, item 162
Perro de piedra su propia cola le sirve de base
Scope and Contents note
Same object as item 145, side view.
box 1, item 163
Frente del Templo del Tajín, llamado Pirámide de Papantla (Veracruz)
box 1, item 164
Gran vaso de barro, con la diosa Centeotl de las mazorcas de maiz, modelada
box 1, item 166
Diosa asteca esculpida en piedra
box 1, item 167
Gran vaso de barro (frente) objeto de culto - Santiago Tlaltelolco. Ciudad de México
box 1, item 168
Penitentes ante Miquiztli (La Muerte) - Relieve de la parte lateral de una caja de madera