Igorota wedding ceremony.
Title
Igorota wedding ceremony .
Description
Six men in loincloths and two women in robes stand in a row outdoors behind two men in loincloths on the ground , one doing acrobatics , one sitting . There are five huts and a large building in the background . Handwritten on the bottom of the photograph : Igorota wedding ceremony . The Igorots come from the Cordillera region , in the Philippines island of Luzon ; since the World's Fair in St . Louis , Missouri , was held shortly after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War (1898) , which brought the Philippines under U.S . rule , the large Philippine Exhibit was intended to expose fair visitors to the people and resources of the protectorate and to acculturate Filipinos to the U.S . Stamped on lower left corner : 4974 . Stamped on lower right corner : Copyrighted 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co .
Subject
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Exhibitions Men Women Igorot (Philippine people) Indigenous peoples Rites & ceremonies
Location Depicted
Saint Louis (Mo.) Forest Park (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Date Original
1904
Object Type
Photographic prints Gelatin silver prints
Source
8 x 10 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. 1977.01.357 in the Arthur Younger Ford photograph album collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Arthur Younger Ford (1861-1926) Photograph Albums
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/ford/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
ULPA 1977.01.357
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