Domingo

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Michael Plyler photographs from Guatemala, image #, NMAI.AC.071; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Photograph of a Tz'utuhil man named Domingo. Photographed by Michael Plyler in San Pedro La Laguna, Guatemala. Same image as Roll 30 in Subseries 5.2. Description from Plyler: "Whenever I stayed in Santiago Atitlan I would always take a boat ride across the lakes to another sleepy Mayan village. I made several trips to San Pedro de la Laguna. There too, the men still wore their traje, such as Domingo here."

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NMAI.AC.071

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Michael Plyler photographs from Guatemala

Creator

Plyler, Michael, 1955-

Summary

This collection consists of photographic prints, negatives, and transparencies taken by Michael Plyler between 1982 and 2018 that depict the everyday lives of five Highland Maya community groups from Guatemala. Also included are images of churches, buildings, and historic structures from Guatemala.