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Plate I: Peoples of the Pacific
Plate I: Peoples of the Pacific
Plate I: Peoples of the Pacific

Plate I: Peoples of the Pacific

Artist (1904 Mexico City, Mexico - 1957 Mexico City, Mexico)
Date1940
Mediumlithograph on paper
Dimensions25 × 38 in. (63.5 × 96.5 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of the Albuquerque Museum Foundation from the Lucia v. B. Batten Estate
Object numberPC2020.51.65
DescriptionThis is a lithograph of a mural painting of the South Pacific region. The map shows the Asian continent in the upper left corner, with the Australian continent near the lower left corner. North and South America are depicted on the right side of the page. Each continent is covered with illustrations of people typical to each region wearing clothing that is also representative of that region. In the lower left corner, there is a banner showing a key that describes how the colors of the mapped continents match with the people who live there. At the top of the banner, it says, "PEOPLES OF THE PACIFIC." Then there are three main categories listed, with sub-categories below: "MONGOLOIDS"; "CAUCASOIDS"; AND "NEGROIDS." Below this, in small, blue text, it says, "COVARRUBIAS." In the lower left, outside the illustration, it says, "Copyright Nineteen Hundred Forty by San Francisco Bay Exposition Company." In the lower right, outside the illustration, it says, "Lithographed in the U.S.A. by H.S. Crocker Company, Inc. and Schwabacher-Frey Company."
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