Title

Mexico. The pulque - 19th century

Caption

A Mexican peasant harvests the sweet juice (agave syrup or aguamiel) of the maguey (agave family) with the help of a marrow for the production of pulque, an alcoholic drink made from the fermentation of the sap of this plant.
From an engraving by Riou in "Le Tour du Monde - Volume 5".
1862

Date

1862

Credit line

Photo12/Collection Jaime Abecasis

Reference

LKO12A00_186

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

26,7Mb (2,4Mb) / 8,8in x 11,8in / 2632 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

19th century Representation Illustration Engraving Drawing Country Mexico Mesoamerica History Culture Custom Tradition Indian Indigenous Native Peasant Farmer Mexican Man Drink of the Gods Aguamiel Maguey Plant Sap Sugar Syrup Juice Fermentation Pulque Liquid Alcoholic Endemic Agave Plant Botanical Drink Food Harvest Nectar Fleshy leaf Plant Serrated leaf Green leaf Thorn Nature Desert Goatskin Bladder Container Back Carrying Sucking Aspiring