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with roast cayman (center) from near Tahuesco and 
plantains from Mazatenango; San Antonio Palopé man 
(right) selling aniseed. e, Patanatic (Chichicastenan- 
go) men selling quicklime. f, Local onion vendors. g, 
In front of the hot-lunch booths during the Semana de 
Dolores fair, 1932. 
Solola Easter procession. “El Sefior de las tres caidas” 
(image of Christ carrying His cross) moving down east 
side of central park on hooded men’s shoulders. 
Patron-saint’s day procession at San Jorge, below 
Solola. 
Ceremonial scenes. a, Maize-planting mass inside a leaf- 
covered shelter near San José Chacaya. 0b, Close-up of 
an altar for a planting ceremony, with corn ears 
c, Solola chirimia player and his 
drummer son during a fiesta. d, Solola marimba players 
at a small modern instrument. e, Chichicastenango man 
playing old-type marimba with gourd sound-boxes. f, 
Ceremonial dance masks at Solola, en route to a fiesta. 
g, Conquistador masked dance at San Andrés Seme- 
tabaj. 
dressed as saints. 
Panajachel. a, Panajachel River delta and_ village. 
b, Tzanjuytt (Panajachel) terminal pier and motor 
launch in 1932. c, Former mouth of Panajachel River, 
flooded by rising lake water. d, Tzanjuyt pier in March 
1936, when water was about 15 feet higher than in 1932. 
Panajachel and vicinity. a, Mosaic panorama of 
Panajachel as seen from a 200-foot cliff at the northern 
edge of the village. b, Indian laborer beside a 3-year-old 
coffee bush (at his right) and shade trees at Finca 
Jaibal, west of Panajachel. c, Jocote varieties grown at 
Panajachel. d, Zacaulpa Indian youth on his way to 
work on a Lowland coffee plantation, spinning black 
wool while waiting for a motor launch. e, Large gully, 
caused by a flood in 1933, just east of the Panajachel 
delta, below San Andrés Semetabaj. /f, Foot of the 
gully shown in e. 
Panajachel vegetable gardens. a, Preparing flat plots 
(tablones). 6, General view of gardens in southwestern 
Panajachel (upper right in plate 19, a). c, Panajachel 
man watering onions, using a pan to throw water from 
an irrigation ditch. d, Panajachel women watering hills 
(montones) of pepinos as in c. 
Panajachel and vicinity. a, Local products, mostly 
jocotes, sold by women in the Panajachel market. )}, 
The mountain road from Panajachel to Solola, blocked 
by a landslide during the rainy season. c, Fine Chinautla 
water jars (tinajas) sold by an Argueta (Totonicapan) 
merchant. d, Typical wattle-and-daub, grass-thatched 
house in northern Panajachel (on road just off section 
shown at bottom of plate 19, a). 
Santa Catarina Palopo. a, The village viewed from a 
slope to the west. b, The village from a higher point at 
a greater distance. c, Onion tablénes at the lakeshore. 
d, Indian men with fishing equipment. e, Small fish on 
bunchgrass stems, sold by Santa Catarina men in the 
Solola market. f, Santa Catarina crabs as they are sold 
in the market. g, The 1935 intendente (Indian political 
chief) of Santa Catarina with crabbing equipment. 
San Antonio Palopd. a, General view of the village, 
looking northwest. b, View of the village looking south- 
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west. c, Threshing wheat with horses’ hoofs just south 
of Godines, about 500 m. immediately above San An- 
tonio Palopé. d, Santiago Atitlan men on a trail near 
the scene of c, headed for the Tecpan market with 
Lowland fruit. 
Boats on Lake Atitlan. a, Santiago mail canoe about 
to land at San Pedro. 6, Disembarking and beaching a 
Santiago canoe at Panajachel. c, Large dug-out from 
San Pedro landing at Santiago. d, Motor launch at 
Santander pier, ‘Panajachel, loading for a regular trip 
to San Lucas. e, Passengers disembarking from a San- 
tiago canoe at Panajachel. f, Same as d, to show a line 
of pottery merchants about to get aboard. 
Santiago Atitlan. a, Thatching a house. 6, Arrange- 
ments of houses at the southern edge of the village. 
c, Southern portion of the village, from a lava terrace 
to the east. d, Northern portion of the village (over- 
lapping c).. e, Scene of the Santiago market. f, Local 
woman carrying a tinaja of water from the Lake to her 
home. = 
San Pedro volcano and village. a, Summit of the 
volcano as seen from a Pan American transport plane 
flying westward over the village of San Juan. b, Spin- 
ning agave (maguey) strand from raw fiber. c, Com- 
pleting the spinning of three-strand rope at the forked 
stick. d, Scraping flesh from a maguey leaf that has been 
soaked in water. e, Spinning rope. 
Santa Cruz and Tzununa (on Lake Atitlan). a, Setting 
of Santa Cruz on a ridge top on the north central Lake 
shore. 6, Santa Cruz as viewed from a high slope to 
the northwest. c, Santa Cruz man and woman catching 
small fish with a trap made of burlap coffee sacks. 
d, Tzununa (Santa Cruz) men seine-fishing. e, Santa 
Cruz (Tzununa) men, with old-style dress (three in 
center) and new (ends). /, Santa Cruz men selling 
limas in the Chicacao market. 
A portion of the 
market as viewed from the top of the church. 
Chichicastenango and vicinity. a, The market seen from 
the pottery section, with the church in the background. 
b, Indian church official ministers to vendors in the 
market. c, Gullying of an overgrazed hillside just west 
of Chiché; San Pedro Jocopilas pottery, foreground, 
going to the Chiché market. 
Maize, cornfields (milpas), and erosion. a, Clearing 
high bunchgrass with a hoe, in the Cuchumatanes 
Mountains between San Pedro Soloma and Santa 
Eulalia. 6, Cornfield and rural dwellings just south of 
Momostenango. c, Digging deep furrows of a cornfield 
between San Pedro Jocopilas and Sacapulas. d, Maize 
ears from Santa Cruz (Lake Atitlan). e, Head of a 
deep, gullied ravine (barranca) by the main road just 
south of Santa Cruz del Quiché. f, Pinnacled erosion 
features, locally termed “los riscos,’ at Momostenango. 
Huchuetenango region. a, Todos Santos father (right) 
and son. b, Men of San Juan Atitan. c, Ladino plow- 
ing on the outskirts of Huehuetenango, d, Close-up of 
guitar making by Ladino of Huehuetenango. e, Church 
and market at San Juan Atitan, showing outside cross | 
typical of the Cuchumatanes region. f, Todos Santos 
Indian man plowing while his wife, with baby, leads the © 
oxen. g, Todos Santos dwelling, showing “scissors” 
sticks commonly used here to weight down roof crest. — 
