Detail View: Image Archives: Chona Weaving a Basket
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File Name:
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U75-002.jpg
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catalog number:
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U75-002
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collection:
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Ruth Murray Underhill
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title:
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Chona Weaving a Basket
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creator:
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Ruth Underhill
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creator type:
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photographer
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creator:
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Holly Clymore
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creator type:
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creator of digital collection
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description:
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Maria Chona of the Southern Arizona Tohono O'Odham (Papago) tribe was Ruth Underhill's subject for her book, Papago Woman (1936). Chona is shown here sewing the top of a basket with the black pod of a long bean called Devils Claw; the white part of the basket if from the yucca plant. After graduating from Columbia University in Anthropology, Ruth Underhill studied a group of Native Americans in southern Arizona. Through her scientific research she was able to preserve the original language, poetry and songs of the Tohono O'odham (Papago) people.
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date:
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1931-1938
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date type:
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dateof photograph
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location:
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USA, Sonoran Desert, Southeastern Arizona and Northwest Mexico
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modified:
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Yes,8 x 10 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 1000XL at 300 dpi, 8-bit grayscale with brightness, contrast adjustments using Photoshop CS4.
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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2.38 MB
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source:
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8 x 10 black and white print
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rights:
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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