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| Title: | Sophie (Sarah?) Saraficio (Tohono O'Odham) pounding on a yucca root |
Date/circa: | 1960/1969 |
Photographer: | Hetzel, Theodore B. (Kennett Square, Pa.) |
Subjects: | Saraficio, Sophie (Sarah?); ; ; Tohono O'Odham Indians|vPictorial works; Pima County (Ariz.) |
Notes: | Photo of Sophie (Sarah?) Saraficio is pounding on a yucca root in order to prepare it for washing a finished basket with yucca roots suds. She is bent over with a round stone in one hand and a yucca root in the other and holding it against a flat stone. There is a barrel behind her with a basket resting on top. A large can and two other stones are situated near her. |
Call number: | SW P003B5gFol5Item05 |
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