Photograph of a wagon drawn by six cows. It is being steered by one man who sits on top of the wagon's cargo.

Paper discussing Mexican folk toys, including the function of toys, toys intended for boys, toys intended for girls, toy materials, and miniatures.

Photograph of an outside wall of the home of Jesus Treviño, the founder of San Ygnacio, also called the Treviño Uribe Rancho. Two doors are visible on the wall.

Paper discussing the life of Gregorio Cortez, a Mexican-American folk hero. His entire life, from birth until death, is covered.

Photograph of a jacal home with a thatched roof. A simple wooden fence surrounds the home.

Photograph of an adobe home. Visible on the right side of the picture is a woman with her back to the camera, and on the left side of the home there is a chicken wire fence.

Photograph of a handmade tool consisting of two vertical posts supporting a horizontal dowel. There is a small wheel in the center of the dowel, and a rope hangs on the dowel to the left of the wheel.

Photograph of two men holding fiber for making rope. They are both sitting outside and facing each other. A third person sits in the grass by a cardboard box in the background.

Photograph of a person adding decorative inlay of rosewood and cottonwood to the edges of a guitar. The woods are alternately glued together in strips to create a light/dark pattern. String is wrapped around the body of the instrument to hold the inlay in place as the person works.

Photograph of an exterior view of the home of the founder of San Ygnacio, Jesus Treviño, also called the Treviño Uribe Rancho. The home has a roof of corrugated tin, and a chimney is visible. A prickly pear plant grows on the roof next to the chimney.

Photograph of a yard shrine in front of a house in the Texas-Mexican barrios of Kingsville, Texas. The shrine consists of two religious images under a brick arch.

Photograph of a pair of boots that appear to be made from the skin of a reptile. The boots rest on top of a table and some reptile skins, presumably the same skin from which the boots were crafted.

Photograph of an inside view of a tronera (gunport). Troneras were common in casas mayores in South Texas until the 1860s.

Photograph of a statue of San Rafael, located inside the Randado chapel.

Paper discussing the Spanish and Mexican origins of south Texas ranching, which was later modified by Anglo culture into its modern form.

Photograph of a stone roadside cross ornamented with a blue wreath. A small floral arrangement sits in front of it at its base.

Photograph of morteros (bedrock mortars) used by Native American Indians to grind corn. Shown are five of a total of twenty-one mortars that were found in an area of about 20 square feet.

Photograph of a coil of handmade rope. The rope is mostly comprised of darker colored fibers, with some lighter colored fibers interspersed.

Photograph of a home that is half jacal and half board-and batten. The structure was built in the 1890's/1920's. People and animals stand in front of the home in the photograph.

Photograph of the frontal view of a small board-and-batten home. One window is visible on the right side of the house, and two doors are visible. The roof is made of wooden shingles, and a barbed wire fence is visible in the foreground.

Draft of a paper tracing "the jacal from its pre-Hispanic origins in the pithouse to its emergence as a surface structure like those described by the earliest Spaniard soldiers and missionaries in the La Junta region." The author also identifies modern examples of the jacal that are still in use today; the paper includes a glossary and illustrations.

Photograph of a hand-dug cistern at Villanueva, Mexico. This cistern was part of a water-collection system designed to save rainwater for household use.

Photograph of a hand-carved sandstone marker for an earthen dam that was built by José Maria and Manuel Maria Uribe in the 1870's. The dam is located on the Rancho La Union in Zapata County.

Paper examining "the term 'folk medicine' as a part of the larger category of culture called folk culture."