Santiago marketplace

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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 an outdoor marketplace in Santiago, Guatemala. Montgomery stands in the middle. Note on the back says "Author mingles with the Natives in the colorful marketplace in Santiago, Guatemala. Note halo headdress of women. Useful in carrying jugs of water from Lake Atitlan on their heads."

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NMAI.AC.346

NMAIA

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.