Aztec skull mask covered with blue and red mosaic from Mexico.
Skull mask covered with blue and red mosaic. Mexico.
Tag: Mexican customs
Traditional Mexican dress, culture and customs of the various regions.
Well at Bolonchen, Mexico.
Bolonchen derives its name from two Maya words, Bolon, which signifies “nine,” and Chen, “wells” and it means “the nine wells.”
Public scribe of the main square in Mexico City in the 19th century.
He is reduced to the profession of clerk, and possesses the secret of many households, the thread of many loves, and the secret of many infidelities
Indigenous of Chapultepec. Around Mexico City 1840.
Mexique No.15, AMÉRIQUE INDIEN DE CHAPULTEPEC (Environs de Mexico). Musée cosmopolite No. 249.
Mexican street scene in 1863.
Mexican street scene in 1863. Costumes of different ethnicities.
Costumes of Mexican Actec at the time of Hernán Cortés.
Costumes of Mexican Aztec 1500 AD. At the time of arrival of the Spaniards led by Hernán Cortés. 1,2. Common women, 3. Priestess, 4. King, 5-8. Warriors, 9. High priest… Read More
A Zapotec woman of South Mexico
A Zapotec woman of South Mexico. The Zapotecs are peoples of Mexico, and inhabiting the Mexican state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. In pre-Hispanic times the Zapotec were carrier of an advanced… Read More
The charro. The mounted cattle herder of Mexico. The Spanish vaquero.
The vaquero is generally the mounted cattle herder of Spain. He performs as Charro in Mexico.
Mexican China Poblana dance costume. Jarabe Tapatío.
Dancing the Jarabe Tapatío (Mexican Hat Dance).
Traditional Mexican costumes 1850s.
Traditional Mexican costumes 1850s. Source: Les nations. Album des Costumes De Tous les Pays. Par Alexandre Lacauchie. Paris. Maison Martinet. Haute Cœur frères 41, Rue Vivienne et 146, Rue de Rivoli… Read More