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[Man playing a marimba]

Description: Fotografía de un hombre tocando la marimba en un patio. El hombre está rodeado de un edificio y de plantas que crecen en el patio. Se puede ver a otros individuos sentados en el porche del edificio.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Landscape in North Guatemala]

Description: Fotografía de un paisaje de colinas en el norte de Guatemala. El paisaje está cubierto de hierba verde con pequeños arbustos y árboles. Se puede ver a un hombre de pie en una colina. Al fondo se ven pequeños edificios.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[View of Lake Atitlán]

Description: Photograph of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala. The photograph was taken from a high vantage point, looking down at the lake and surrounding area. A woman wearing red and blue attire can be seen in the corner of the image. Mountains and clouds are visible in the background.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Native woman walking along the highway]

Description: Fotografía de una mujer indígena caminando por una carretera en Guatemala. Lleva objetos en la espalda y en la cabeza. La mujer parece estar descalza. Se puede ver una pequeña valla derrumbada junto a la carretera. Al fondo se ven árboles y una gran colina.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A street in Guatemala]

Description: Photograph of cattle being herded down a street by a man on horseback. A truck drives next to the herd of cattle on the street. In the distance, billboards and signs can be seen next to the street.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Native individual walking along a road]

Description: Fotografía de una mujer indígena caminando por una carretera en Guatemala. Lleva un objeto en la cabeza mientras camina. A un lado de la carretera se ven algunos edificios pequeños. La carretera discurre junto a un acantilado cubierto de árboles.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Chichicastenango Market]

Description: Photograph of a row of merchant booths at the Chichicastenango Market in Guatemala. Individuals are walking past the booths at the market. The Church of Santo Tomás can be seen in the background.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Individuals at the market San Francisco El Alto]

Description: Photograph of merchants and other individuals at a market called the "Mercado San Francisco El Alto." Merchants are selling products such as fruit, dry goods, and clothing. Women can be seen carrying baskets on their heads that contain various items. In the background, a church-like building is visible.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mercado Central Totonicapán]

Description: Photograph of merchants and shoppers at the "Mercado Central Totonicapán" which translates to "Totonicapán Central Market." A native woman is walking past a booth full of various vegetables. In the background, merchants can be seen carrying items in baskets on their heads.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Earthquake damage in Tecpán, Guatemala]

Description: Photograph of damage to a building due to the 1976 Guatemala earthquake. Walls of the building still stand, but the roof is missing. A man pushing a wheelbarrow walks past the building. A white van is parked in front of the building.
Date: [1969..1980]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Ceremonial huipil

Description: Ceremonial/Cofradia (religious society) Huipil. 2 breadth garment back strap loomed in cotton with cotton and silk single-faced brocaded designs - broad and widely spaced red warp stripes amid very wide areas of ixcaco (natural brown cotton) - no trim at neck or sleeves.
Date: 1960/1970
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Huipil panel

Description: Unused (neck opening never cut) huipil (woman's blouse). White cotton warp and weft handwoven on the back strap loom - technique called picb'il (supplementary weft brocade on a spaced or gauze weave textile - no supplemental weft). This style huipil is always wider than longer so the side panels will hang lower than the center panel. This huipil is never tucked into the skirt, thus giving the wearer freedom to move around and feel cool in the subtropical climate of 3500'.
Date: 1960/1969
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Morga skirt

Description: Ceremonial Morga (Skirt) of purple and blue striped and patterned handwoven cotton and rayon. Created on a treadle loom with warp jaspe (ikat) patterning.
Date: 1960/1969
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Huipil panel

Description: Unused (neck opening never cut) huipil (woman's blouse). White cotton warp and weft handwoven on the backstrap loom - technique called picb'il (supplementary weft brocade on a spaced or gauze weave textile - no supplemental weft). This huipil is never tucked into the skirt, thus giving the wearer the freedom to move around and feel cool in the subtropical climate of 3500'.
Date: 1960/1969
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Huipil panel

Description: Unused (neck opening never cut) huipil (woman's blouse). White cotton warp and weft handwoven on the back strap loom - technique called picb'il (supplementary weft brocade on a spaced or gauze weave textile - no supplemental weft). This style of huipil is always wider than longer so the side panels will hang lower than the center panel. This huipil is never tucked into the skirt, thus giving the wearer the freedom to move around and feel cool in the subtropical climate of 3500'.
Date: 1960/1969
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Individuals with livestock]

Description: Fotografía de individuos que sostienen cerdos al final de las cuerdas en el mercado de Chichicastenango, en Guatemala. Se pueden ver pequeñas cabras comiendo de cubos. Se encuentran en una zona cubierta de tierra y rodeada de pequeños edificios.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Landscape in Northern Guatemala]

Description: Fotografía de un paisaje montañoso en el norte de Guatemala. En primer plano se ve un alto tronco de árbol. Al fondo se ven los tejados de pequeñas casas. Las montañas están cubiertas de árboles y pequeños edificios.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Earthquake damage in Guatemala City]

Description: Fotografía de los daños causados por el terremoto de 1976 en Ciudad de Guatemala. Dos automóviles están aparcados bajo una cochera a la izquierda. Una pila de bloques de hormigón descansa junto a un edificio con paneles metálicos. Se ve a un hombre colocando bloques de hormigón en los huecos de un edificio. Al fondo, los restos de los edificios dañados cubren un camino de tierra.
Date: [1969..1980]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Native dancers in Chichicastenango]

Description: Fotografía de un grupo de danzantes indígenas en Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Los participantes llevan un atuendo multicolor con flecos, sombreros con plumas y máscaras. Las máscaras representan a un hombre con bigote. Algunos de los bailarines llevan maracas.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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