2. Donald Cordry Photographs of Mexican Indian Costumes
  3. Donald Cordry Photographs of Mexican Indian Costumes

Donald Cordry Photographs of Mexican Indian Costumes

Donald Cordry Photographs of Mexican Indian Costumes

Photographs of Mexican mask-makers and textile weavers.

The Donald B. Cordry collection contains photographs of Mexican mask-makers and textile weavers. Many of these photographs appear in his two books Mexican Masks and Mexican Indian Costumes.

Items in Collection: 
Zapotec Girl

Zapotec Girl

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection, Zapotec
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Art and Creative Works;Society and Culture
Feliza and Sister in Costume

Feliza and Sister

Digital Heritage
Community
Zoque, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Zoque women in old-style costumes with the 'huipil de tapa' folded for daily use. Tuxtla, Gutierrez, Chiapas.
Huipil de Tapar

Huipil de Tapa

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Woman wearing "huipil de tapar" folded for daily use.
Zapotecan Woman

Zapotecan Woman

Digital Heritage
Community
Zapotec, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Zapotecan woman from Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico in wool rodete and huipil.
Zapotecan Woman & Child in Costume

Zapotecan Woman & Child

Digital Heritage
Community
Zapotec, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Zapotecan woman and child from Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico in a wool rodete and huipil.
Women and Children, II

Women and Children, II

Digital Heritage
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Nahua women and children.
Woman Dyeing Hair

Woman Dying Hair

Digital Heritage
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
A Nahua woman of Tetelcingo, Morelos, dyeing her hair green.
Totonac Skirt

Totonac Skirt

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An old-style embroidered Totonac skirt.
Preparing Hair Dye

Preparing Hair Dye

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Dye used is Tetelcingo, extracted from leaves of a shrub. Shows the leaves which have been soaking in water being ground on a metate.
Huastec Hair Arrangement

Huastec Hair Arrangement

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An old Huastec hair arrangement...showing the manner of arranging the hair with the petob.
Huastec Woman Weaving Branches into Hair

Huastec Woman Weaving Branches into Hair

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Using a vine instead of wool yarn...showing the manner of arranging the hair. Tamaleton, San Luis Potosi
Woman's Costume

Woman's Costume

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Woman and Children, III

Women and Children, III

Digital Heritage
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Nahua women and children in costume.
Mestizo Woman

Mestizo Woman

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Mestizo girls and women dressed for fiesta.
Dressed for Church

Dressed for Church

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Indian women dressed for church; one old woman wearing old style wrap-around skirt. Tehauntepec.
Tetelcingo, Morelos

Tetelcingo, Morelos

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Woman in Costume

Woman in Costume

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Girl of Tuxtla, Gutierrez

Girl of Tuxtla, Gutierrez

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Girl of Tuxtla, Gutierrez in dance costume.
Aztec Woman

Aztec Woman

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection, Nahua
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Aztec from Cuetzelan Region in full costume.
Woman and Children, I

Woman and Children, I

Digital Heritage
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Nahua old woman and children in costume.
Preparation for "Tie-Dye" Weaving

Preparation for "Tie-Dye" Weaving

Digital Heritage
Community
Otomi, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
An Otomi woman with a handwoven quechquemitl of artificial silk over her head. She is tying threads to be used in the tie-dye process. Toliman, Queretaro
Embroidering a Typical Huipil

Embroidering a Typical Huipil

Digital Heritage
Community
Nahua, Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Textiles and Weaving
Summary
Nahua woman embroidering a typical huipil. San Jose Miahuatlan, Puebla.
Woman Weaving Huipil

Mother's Urdidor

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
A Chinantec woman of Usila, Oaxaca, painting ares of a handwoven huipil with fuchina dye.
Mother's Urdidor

Mother's Urdidor

Digital Heritage
Community
Photograph Collection
Category
Community Life and Family Life