Two women spinning fiber

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; DATE (if known); Estrella Lake Montgomery photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.346; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: One 8x10 in. black and white photograph of one woman spinning fiber and another weaving. Note on the back says "Primitive spinning and weaving at Santiago on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Designs in the fabrics are often very intricate and color past. Indians descendants of Maya-Quiche tribes."

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NMAI.AC.346

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Estrella Lake Montgomery photographs

Creator

Montgomery, Estrella Lake (1908-2006)

Summary

This collection includes twelve black and white photographs taken by Estrella Lake Montgomery, circa 1950 among the Emberá (Choikoi), K'iche' Maya (Quiché), Ticuna, Wayuu, and Yagua communities in Central and South America.