Durango Mexico (1948)

Category: Expedition & Excavation Footage

Length: 27:32

https://www.youtube.com/embed/liVwmcdexpI
Film ID F16-0710
Film Description Unedited travelogue/ethnographic film

A few shots of Durango streets and people followed by a panorama of the countryside.
Pictures of the town and the people of Mezquital.
Views of the countryside near Tepehuan village of Xoconostle, and pictures of the houses and people of the village.
The scattered houses of the village have high thatched roofs and adobe brick walls.
Video Category Expedition & Excavation Footage
Film Creator J. Alden Mason
Topics Durango, Mexico, Tepehua people, Xoconostle
Rights All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org.