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First Day of the Coffee Season, Las Nubes Estate
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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First Day of the Coffee Season, Las Nubes Estate

Artist/Maker (England, 1830-1904)
Date1875
Mediumalbumen print
DimensionsSheet: 5 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (13.7 x 23.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of The Southeast Banking Corporation Foundation
Terms
    Object number86.0015
    DescriptionNineteenth century photographer Eadward Muybridge recorded many aspects of Guatemalan Maya life during his six months in the country in 1875, but none captured his attention as much as coffee cultivation. Only five years before the visit of Muybridge, coffee surpassed cochineal as the most important export of Guatemala, a status it still enjoys today. Plantations and cultivation were expanding at the end of the 19th century, and transformed the way of life of many people, especially the Maya women who came to work picking coffee beans. These women lived together on the plantation during the harvest, and returned home to their villages when it finished. The same arrangement exists today. The photograph depicts the first day of the coffee season. A variety of different forms of dress can be seen, including many cortes, or skirts, and huipiles, or blouses.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Eadweard Muybridge
    1875
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1790
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1755
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Eadweard Muybridge
    1875
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Eadweard Muybridge
    1887
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Eadweard Muybridge
    1875
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Colima
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nayarit
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Nayarit
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Borana people
    not dated