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- 35mm slide: 19697
- Date of Photo
- Feb. 11, 1979
- World Region
- Middle America
- Region
- Middle America
- Country
- Mexico
- State/Province
- Chihuahua
- Political Location
- Basihuare
- Description
- Incense being offered at the altar of the Basihuare church by Marikita Umira, a tenanche, while others recite prayers (see Items 27027-27028, 92061). She offers incense first at the center of the altar, then at the right side, and then at the left side. In the Basihuare pueblo, there are four tenanche, all Raramuri women, who are responsible in addition to offering incense for sweeping out the church and carrying the saints' images during church pro
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- Activity: Ritual/religion
- Source Type Detail
- Photographer (Original): Merrill, William L.
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- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 3224 x 4882
- File Size
- 390 KB
- Record
- 2409
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"Incense being offered at the altar of the Basihuare church by Marikita Umira, a tenanche, while others recite prayers (see Items 27027-27028, 92061). She offers incense first at the center of the altar, then at the right side, and then at the left side. In the Basihuare pueblo, there are four tenanche, all Raramuri women, who are responsible in addition to offering incense for sweeping out the church and carrying the saints' images during church pro". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-2409/2409. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 19, 2024.