Photo Collection of Stephanie Wood, 2003

National Palace Murals

Scene showing a native woman (apparently, La Malinche) carrying a blue-eyed baby in her rebozo (shawl). The baby is possibly intended to be her son Martín, fathered by Hernando Cortés.

Mural by Diego Rivera, exploring colonial themes, such as mestizaje (cultural and biological mixing)

© 2003, Stephanie Wood.