Modesto DiegoApril 10

One wife is more common. Some have two, but no one has three. Rich people have no more than one wife.

Camilo JiménezApril 15

If the wife of someone gets sick and there is no one else in the house to care for him [the husband] or for her [the wife], then she permits her husband to bring another wife to the house. After getting well she can send the second wife away, or give her permission to stay.

Aurelio Flores and his wives (1958)

Silvestre CuevasApril 28

If the man wants to pursue a second wife he ought to get permission from his first wife. The second wife lives in the same house or in another [house]. There is no jealousy between wives. The majority of poor people don’t want second wives for economic reasons. The cost of huipils, etc. is high. Some rich people have two wives, but not all.

RML

Rufino Gregorio has two wives, a woman and her daughter.