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[Charles Musès photographs pertaining to indigenous peoples of Mexico].
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[Charles Musès photographs pertaining to indigenous peoples of Mexico]Creator/Contributor:
Musès, Charles, 1919-2000, creator, photographer.Creator/Contributor:
Montagu, Roberta, 1924-1962, photographer.Abstract:
Photographs by philosopher and mathematician Charles Musès documenting his interests in indigenous peoples and their material
culture (temples, sculpture, carvings) in various locations in Mexico. Also includes a small number of photographs by anthropologist
and ethnographer Roberta Montagu. General topics include Tikal, Palenque, Chichen Itza, Monte Alban and Teotihuacan. Musès
is depicted in some images. Frans Blom is depicted in one.
Date:
1954 (issued)Subject:
n-mx---Indians of Mexico -- Photographs
Indigenous peoples -- Material culture -- Mexico -- Photographs
Peuples autochtones -- Mexique -- Photographies
Mexico -- Antiquities -- Photographs
Mexique -- Antiquités -- Photographies
Musès, Charles -- 1919-2000 -- Photographs
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Title devised by cataloger.
Chiefly photographed by Charles Musès, with some photographs by Roberta Montagu.
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
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Purchase from John Windle ; 2022.
Charles Musès photographs pertaining to indigenous peoples of Mexico, BANC PIC 2023.067, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
photoprint
approximately 450 photographs in 1 box : color and black & white prints and negatives ; sheets various sizes and formats
Language:
mul
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
UNPROCESSED. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via a Special
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