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Holdings: 35mm slide: 19698
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
Image Categories: Activity: Ritual/religion
Source Type Detail: Photographer (Original): Merrill, William L.

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Full citation: "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-2410/2410. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 25, 2024.