- Collection type
- Photograph
- Description
- Line of women dancing under a tree at festival of commemoration for the death of the mother of god. Wearing beadwork corsets, skirts and ornaments.
- Cultural groups
- Bachama (Bacama)
- Date / Period
- Date of photograph: Circa 1920
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1930
- Photographic process
- Print bromide
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 104 x 134 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1998.177.4.4 Previous PRM number: C.1.20.4.d
Search terms: Navigation, Clothing Ritual, Dance, Commemoration, Festival
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