Color print
- Museum number:
- 13-6748
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21130006748
- Alternate number:
- 13-5883
- Accession number:
- Acc.4724
- Description:
- color photographic print; matted "Red devil dancer; February 15, 1977." [matted at PAHMA for exhibition]
- Donor:
- George M. Foster
- Collection place:
- Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Mexico, Michoacan, Tzintzuntzan
- Collector:
- George M. Foster
- Collection date:
- February 15, 1977
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber product)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Color prints (photographs)
- Accession date:
- October 11, 2001
- Department:
- Still and motion photography
- Dimensions:
- photo— height 35.5 centimeters, matted— width 40.6 centimeters, matted— height 50.8 centimeters, and photo— width 27.9 centimeters
- Comment:
- The festival of 1945: Today also witnesses two dance groups, the first from Pátzcuaro and the second from Cipiajo, to the north of Mt. Zirate. The Patzcuareños dance the dance of Santiago, simulating the struggle between Santiago on the one hand, and Herod and Pilate assisted by lesser Devils on the other hand. Four men are dressed in black, representing the Devils, and one in a white and black striped garb represents Death. Pilate wears a wooden mask with large horns, while Herod as king has a large crown and is dressed in red and blue. Santiago, dressed in red and blue, rides a hobbyhorse-a stick with a carved horse's head-which he attempts to mount, and carries a wooden cross and a banner. Mirrors, beads, and other ornaments complement the garb of all. Women also take part in the dance, as well as other lesser actors, to a total of about 30. A seven-piece orchestra furnishes music (1948).