Donald Bush Cordry photographs of Indigenous peoples of Mexico
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 87-38, USNM ACC 361232
name: label: Creator
content: Cordry, Donald Bush
label: Names
content: Cordry, Donald Bush -- Exhibitions
place: label: Place
content: Mexico
topic: label: Topic
content: Pottery -- Mexico
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content: Dances -- Mexico
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content: Weaving -- Mexico
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content: Markets -- Mexico
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content: Clothing and dress
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content: Spinning -- Mexico
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content: Masks -- Mexico
creator: label: Creator
content: Cordry, Donald Bush
culture: label: Culture
content: Mixe
label: Culture
content: Amuzgo (Amusgo)
label: Culture
content: Zapotec
label: Culture
content: Mestizos
label: Culture
content: Purepecha (Tarasco)
label: Culture
content: Tepehuán (Tepehuan)
label: Culture
content: Totonac (Totonaco)
label: Culture
content: Mazatec [Huautla]
label: Culture
content: Nahua
label: Culture
content: Chinantec
label: Culture
content: Wixarika (Huichol)
label: Culture
content: Comcaac (Seri)
label: Culture
content: Ikood (Huave)
label: Culture
content: Chiapanec
label: Culture
content: Mixtec
label: Culture
content: Mayas
label: Culture
content: Yoreme (Mayo)
label: Culture
content: Cuicatec Indians
label: Culture
content: Zoque
label: Culture
content: Tzotzil Maya
label: Culture
content: Indians of Mexico
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Donald Bush Cordry (1907-1978) was an artist and photographer who studied the art of Indigenous peoples of Mexico. In 1931, Cordry made his first trip to Guerrero, Mexico, where he became interested in contemporary mask making. In 1934, Cordry moved to New York to work as a marionette designer for puppeteer Tony Sarg. While there, he contacted George G. Heye to learn more about Indigenous Mexican art. This led to a series of collecting expeditions from 1935 to 1938, during which Cordry collected Mexican masks and other artifacts for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 8 Color transparencies
label: Extent
content: 93 Gelatin silver prints (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1937-1972
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated to the Smithsonian in 1984 by Dorothy Cordry, through Jane Walsh, as part of accession 361232. Transferred from the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives, circa 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.87-38
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Color transparencies
label: Type
content: Gelatin silver prints
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Photographs published in Donald Bush Cordry and Dorothy M. Cordry, Mexican Indian Costumes, The Texas Pan American Series, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1968.
otherfindaid: label: Other Finding Aids note
content: Inventory available in repository.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Enlargements of photographs made by Donald Bush Cordry during his time in Mexico.  These were mounted for a 1970s Bellas Artes-sponsored traveling exhibit based on Cordry's collection of Mexican Indian costumes.  Included are images of Indigenous peoples of Mexico, fiestas and dances, pottery, boats, weaving, spinning, masks, vendors and markets, churches, and shrines.  Depicted groups include the Huichol, Mestizo, Tarascan, Seri, Mayo, Tepehua, Totonac, Nahua, Mazatec, Cuicatec, Chinantec, Zapotec, Mixe, Amusgo, Huave, Mixtec, Chapanec, Zoque, Tzotzil, and Maya.  Additionally, there are some self portraits of Donald Cordry and his wife Dorothy.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs made by Cordry can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 82-14.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Donald Cordry and his wife, Dorothy Mann Cordry, also donated clothing and musical instruments from Mexico to the Department of Anthropology in accessions 361232 and 355866.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds the Donald Bush Cordry collection of photographs and negatives, 1933-1940, as well as artifacts collected by Cordry.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs of the Donald Cordry Mexican mask exhibit can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 80-3.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Donald Cordry Mexican mask collection can be found in the Department of Anthropology in accession 355867.