Tarascan fishermen hauling in a siene net (chinchorro); off nearby village of Ichupio; May 8, 1945" [mounted at PAHMA for exhibition]
Donor:
George M. Foster
Collection place:
Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, Michoacan, Tzintzuntzan
Collector:
George M. Foster
Collection date:
May 8, 1945
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Accession date:
October 11, 2001
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
width 26.1 centimeters and height 16.6 centimeters
Comment:
Fishing, with 4 full-time and 15 part-time fishermen, is the third most important industry in Tzintzuntzan. All fishermen are Tarascans. . . . The standard chinchorro fishing party consists of four persons. Usually they are all men, though it is not uncommon to see one or two women helping. . . . Fishing is done in shallow water, rarely more than 3 m. deep (1948)." "Fishing has essentially disappeared; only one elderly man [Mariano Cornelio] still has his canoe and chinchorro net. Because of overfishing, absolute production in the lake appears to be dropping, and the famed white fish, now a common delicacy on menus in fine Mexico City restaurants, has quintupled in price in recent years (1979)."