Detail View: Image Archives: Tohono O'odham Women Prepping Cactus for Fermentation
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File Name:
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U75-020.jpg
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catalog number:
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U75-020
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collection:
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Ruth Murray Underhill
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title:
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Tohono O'odham Women Prepping Cactus for Fermentation
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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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The Tohono O'odham (Papago) older women were in charge directing the baking of the crops that were gathered. The women boils the sweet juice drained from the fruit into a thick syrup. The people use the syrup for making the wine and make jams from the pulp. 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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1931-1949
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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, 5 x 7 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 1000XL at 600 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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4.04 MB
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source:
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5 x 7 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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