THE TAJIN TOTONAC PART 1 — KELLY AND PALERM 



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Plate 11 



House construction, a, Tying the roof withes across the 

 short shed. 6, Interior view of roof thatched with 

 bundles of grass, c, Interior view of roof thatched 

 with palma redonda. d, f, Eeroofing with misanteca. 

 e, Interior view of a house with tiled roof, bamboo 

 walls, g, Thatching a granary roof with palma 

 redonda. 



Plate 12 



House views, a-c. Doors of split bamboo, a, o, Ex- 

 terior views ; c, interior, a lacks the upper finish, 

 which usually consists of a half bamboo, in which 

 the uprights are set; it has the transverse poles on 

 the exterior, whereas b and c have them on the in- 

 terior, c shows the stone on which the door pivots, 

 as well as the diagonal looping of liana on the interior. 

 d, Recently repaired roof of palma redonda. 



Plate 13 



House views, a, Kitchen interior, showing grinding table 

 and 3 metates, the rear foot of each resting in the 

 cavity of an upright bamboo. Note oddments hung 

 from poles which form the wall. At the far right, a 

 large jar rests on inverted pots. Its mouth is cov- 

 ered by a cloth ; presumably it contains maize gruel 

 which is being fermented, b, Water storage. One 

 clay jar visible within the fenced enclosure ; others 

 embedded in the heap of ash visible in the middle 

 ground (b of map 9). c, Characteristic manner of 

 stacking firewood, d, Frame, supported by forked 

 sticks, against outside of kitchen wall. On the right, 

 a pottery "dishpan" sits on a similar forked frame; 

 in the foreground are three inverted pots which func- 

 tion as firedogs when cooking is done outdoors. 



Plate 14 



Houses and furnishings, a, d, Kitchen hearths, a rests 

 on a forked post frame and has a raised, U-shaped 

 ridge (homilla) on the upper surface, b consists of 

 an enclosure of upright bamboos, built in one corner 

 of the room and filled solidly with earth and stone. 

 At the rear of both photographs, a clay griddle is 

 stood on edge, against the kitchen wall. In d, a 

 raceme of bananas is dimly visible, hung above the 

 hearth, b, Child sitting on a low chair, with woven 

 palm seat, slat back, c, Child sitting on a miniature, 

 one-piece stool, with handle, e, Splitting bamboos to 

 make the "springs" for a platform bed. /. Child rest- 

 ing on typical bench. 



Plate 15 



Domestic altars, a, Religious singers chanting in fronf 

 of the shrine, which has been decorated for the observ- 

 ances which take place the eightieth day following 

 the death of an individual, b, An altar not decorated 

 for any special occasion. The images are housed in 

 typical shadow-boxes. On each side of the shrine, 

 motion picture posters are hung on the wall. 

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Plate 1G 



Sweathouses. a, b, d, f. Superficial structures, e, Sub- 

 terranean sweathouse. c, Interior view of a sweat- 

 house in disrepair. Note the raised floor, stone 

 hearth at rear, water jar, and two half-calabash shells. 



Plate 17 



Supplementary domestic structures, a, b, Poultry houses ; 

 a, the more characteristic, c, d, f, Granaries; c, f, 

 separate structures; d, inside the kitchen, e, Hog 

 shelter. 



Plate 18 



Laundry facilities ; fences, a, Laundry table, with gable- 

 roof shelter, b, c, Laundry spread to dry ; a cropped 

 chote tree (Appendix C, No. 10) generally serves in 

 lieu of a clothesline, d, Laundry tables; note oval 

 wooden trays. In the center ground a heap of ash 

 obscures view of water jars, e, Laundry table, 

 sheltered by triangular thatched roof (map 9, a). 

 The water supply is within the fenced enclosure imme- 

 diately behind the stand on which the oval tray rests. 

 /, g, Fences ; /, of rails ; g, of split bamboo. 



Plate 19 



Fiesta cooking, a, Girls arrive at the kitchen door, bring- 

 ing additional supply of water. At lower right, two 

 large clay pots rest on firedogs. At the extreme left, 

 a basin sits in the crotch of a forked stick ; it contains 

 water for washing the hands, b, Outdoor "kitchen" ; 

 note the inverted pots which function as firedogs. 



Pirate 20 



Fiesta cooking, a, Chocolate is beaten with a home-made 

 apparatus (fig. 29, a), b-d, General views; note the 

 inverted pots which function as firedogs and the pro- 

 fusion of pottery vessels scattered on the ground 

 (6, (I). 



Plate 21 



Wooden trays; calabash shells, a, a', b, b', Wooden trays, 

 presumably of local manufacture, a, a', red back- 

 ground, with polychrome overpaint ; light wash of 

 cream on interior wall. Painter unknown ; rim diame- 

 ter. ."0 cm. b. b', orange background, with polychrome 

 overpaint; painted by Luciano Cano, Papantla ; rim 

 diameter, 45.5 cm. c, d, Decorated calabash shells, 

 c, allover coating of cheap, red, oil paint ; exterior 

 design in polychrome. Painted by Luciano Cano, 

 Papantla ; rim diameter, ca. 17 cm. d, red lacquer, 

 with polychrome motifs on interior and exterior. 

 Purchased in Papantla market; vendor declared 

 specimen to be "from the state of Puebla" (sic) ; rim 

 diameter, ca. 17.5 cm. 



Plate 22 



Wooden masks ; baskets ; hanging frame, a, c, e, Masks. 

 a, Model mask for clown (pilatos) {sic) "of any 

 dance group." Made by Donato Santes, Tajfn, height, 



