MEXICAN FOLKWAYS: REVISTA TRIMESTRAL DEDICADA A USOS Y COSTUMBRES MEXICANAS, VOL VI, N°. 3.; Eds.: Frances Toor and Diego Rivera

México: Mexican Folkways, 1930. (partially detached wrps, minor chipping on foredges of wrps). b/w plates, mus. nots., diags., pict. wrps. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. One of the most famous art periodicals ever produced in Mexico. Diego Rivera was the artistic director and executed all of the cover designs. Contributors included Tina Modotti, Carlos Merida, Miguel Covarrubias, Edward Weston et. al. Much of issue is devoted to death. Contents: Notas sobre las Canacuas / by Frances Toor -- Canacuas, Danza Antigua de Guris / by Francisco Domínguez -- Las Canacuas / by Ángela Alcaraz -- La Musica de las Canacuas / Armonizada por Francisco Domínguez -- Sobre Entierros / by Frances Toor -- La Muerte y los Funerales / by E. R. Valdivieso -- Culto a los muertos entre los antiguos Mayas / by R.J. Ceballos Navelo -- Entierro de un angelito / Elsie Clews Parsons -- Creencias sobre entierros en Chicomcuac / told by León Venado -- Ceremonias fúnebres entre los Totonacas / J. J. Nuñez y Domínguez - Hallazgo de un tesoro Arqueologico / Eduardo Noguero. Drawings by Laura van Pappelendam, León Venado and photographs by Edward Weston.