Frontispiece. 
counting her change in the San Francisco el Alto market. 
1. Pacific Littoral. 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
PEATES 
(All plates at end of book) 
A San Andrés Xectl Indian soap vendor 
(Sketch by Frances Van Winkle McBryde.) 
a, Dugout canoes at Tahuesco. |, 
Fresh-water well in the high sand barrier beach of 
Tahuesco. c, Washing clothes with well water carried 
d, Salt extraction from playa de- 
e, Sun-evaporated salt at Puerto 
in a gasoline can. 
posits at Tahuesco. 
San José. 
Pacific Coastal Lowlands and piedmont. a, Corozo palm 
(Orbignya*® cohune) forest about 5 miles inland from 
Tahuesco. b, Sewing a suyacal (corozo’ palm-leaf rain- 
cape) at San Sebastian Retalhuleu. c, San Sebastian 
suyacales for sale at Solola by San Sebastian merchant. 
d, San Sebastian girl of 16 years carrying a water jar 
(tinaja). e, Anvil top of an intense coastal thunderhead 
near Mazatenango looking southwest from Highland 
Panajachel. jf, General view of San Pedro Cutzan. 
g, San Pedro Cutzan dwellings. 
. Pacific Coastal Lowlands and piedmont. a, Cartload 
of hoja de sal (Calathea) leaves for thatch. b, Thatch- 
ing a house with hoja de sal at San Pablo Jocopilas. 
c, Dwelling at Santo Domingo Suchitepequez. d, Clear- 
ing weeds for planting milpa at San Bernardino. e, 
Load of Aguacatan (Highland) baskets near Pueblo 
Nuevo, headed for San Felipe market. f, Mazatenango, 
looking north from railway station. 
Pacific Coastal Lowlands and piedmont. a, Ladino 
fisherman making a net at Dolores Apulo, on Lake 
Ilopango, El Salvador. b, Men fishing with small hand 
nets in the Tarro River, San Pedro Cutzan. c, Load 
of Totonicapan tinware near Chicacao carried by an 
itinerant merchant. d, Young cattle from eastern 
Guatemala sold at Santo Tomas la Union by an Indian 
of Santiago Atitlan. e, Chicacao market scene. 
Guatemala Lowlands and piedmont. a, Market of San 
Antonio Husita (Department of Huehuetenango). b, 
Atitlan volcano viewed from Finca Moca, elevation 
about 1,000 m. c, Heavy vegetation in the rainy mon- 
soon area of the Pacific versant. d, Finca Helvetia, 
coffee drying in foreground. e, Cutting bananas at 
Finca Santa Adela, just east of Mazatenango. f, In- 
dians loading bananas on freight cars for rail shipment 
to east-coast Puerto Barrios. 
. Lake Atitlan region map and index of costumes worn 
in Lake municipios. 
Costumes of Lake Atitlan region (from water colors 
by Frances Van Winkle McBryde). a, Solola man 
(Sololateco). 6, Solola man wearing coat. c, Solola 
woman (Sololateca). d, Panajachel man (Panajach- 
elefio), new style. e, Panajachel man, old style. f, 
Santa Catarina Palopé6 man (Catarineco). g, Santa 
‘Catarina Palop6 woman (Catarineca). h, San Andrés 
10. 
13. 
Semetebaj woman (Sanandresana). 7%, San Pedro la 
Laguna man (Pedrano). 7, Santiago Atitlan man 
(Atiteco) old style. k&, Santiago Atitlan woman 
(Atiteca), old style. /, Santiago Atitlan man, new style. 
m, Santiago Atitlan woman, new style. , Cerro de Oro 
woman. 0, San Antonio Palop6 man (Antonero). 
Indian types in the Lake Atitlan region. a, Nahuala 
woman (Nahaulefa, Xancatal). 6, Santo Tomas 
Chichicastenango man (maxefio). c, Santo Tomas 
Chichicastenango woman (Maxefa). d, Tecpan woman 
(Tecpaneca). ¢, San Juan Comalapa woman (Comala- 
peta), in Tecpan market. 
Stick-loom weaving and spinning. a, Panajachel woman 
weaving: lifting heddle and pushing batten through. 5, 
Panajachel woman weaving: packing down weft thread 
with batten. c, San Antonio Palop6 woman weaving: 
lifting heddle and pushing up reeds which maintain warp 
cross. d, San Pedro la Laguna girl spinning white 
cotton. 
Solola and vicinity. a, Solola seen from steep slope to 
north, looking due south. 6b, Adobe and thatch Indian 
dwelling in east central Solola. c, Lower course and 
delta of Quixcap River, flowing into Lake Atitlan. d, 
Looking south along a Solola street. e, Cornfield about 
4 miles north of Solola; elevation about 2500 m. f, 
Father and son making adobe blocks in the lower part 
(south) of Solola, looking northwest. g, Northwest 
edge of Solola (Quixcap River valley). March 1932. 
Indians going to Solola market. Ancient trail to Con- 
cepcion just east of Solola. 
Indians going to the Solola market. a, Adjusting a 
muleload of onions at Panajachel. 6, Selling honey from 
Antigua at Solola during the Semana de Dolores fair. 
c, Santiago Atitlan men arriving at Solola with Lowland 
cargoes in carrying frames (cacastes). d, San Jorge 
(Solola) man climbing trail to Solol4 market with a 
gasoline-box load of panela. e, Load of iguanas from 
Chicacao passing through Panajachel en route to the 
Highlands. 
Animals to market. a, Two iguanas, a parrot, and trop- 
ical fruit on the trail just below Solola (from a water 
color by the author). 6, Solola women in their Friday 
market with a turkey and two chickens for sale. , 
Chichicastenango and Quiché (extreme left) men sell- 
ing young pigs from Chiché at Solola. Inset shows 
manner of driving pigs. 
Solola market and vendors. a, Argueta (Totonicapan) 
pottery vendors, headed for Guatemala City, pause for 
lunch on the central square. 0, Santo Tomas Chichi- 
castenango merchants selling miscellaneous “ten-cent- 
store” items. c, Totonicapan man selling maize to a 
Solola woman. d, Argueta woman, left, selling vege- 
table pears (giiisquiles); two Chichicastenango men 
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