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UN82-031.jpg
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catalog number:
UN82-031
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UN82-031
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collection:
Ruth Murray Underhill
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Ruth Murray Underhill
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title:
Women Holding Stick for Cactus Gathering
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Women Holding Stick for Cactus Gathering
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creator:
Ruth Underhill
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Ruth Underhill
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creator type:
photographer
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photographer
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creator:
Holly Clymore
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Holly Clymore
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creator of digital collection
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description:
The Tohono O'odham (Papago) women were in charge of gathering crops for food. A women is shown holding a long pole made from giant cactus (Carnegia giganyea) ribs to pick fruit, high on top of the cactus. The flowering bulbs give fruit like a fig, out of which, they made a drink and a sweet jam. 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.
description
The Tohono O'odham (Papago) women were in charge of gathering crops for food. A women is shown holding a long pole made from giant cactus (Carnegia giganyea) ribs to pick fruit, high on top of the cactus. The flowering bulbs give fruit like a fig, out of which, they made a drink and a sweet jam. 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:
1931-1940
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1931-1940
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location:
USA, Sonoran Desert, Southeastern Arizona and Northwest Mexico
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USA, Sonoran Desert, Southeastern Arizona and Northwest Mexico
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modified:
Yes, 3.5 x 5 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 1000XL at 900 dpi, 8-bit grayscale with brightness, contrast adjustments using Photoshop CS4.
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Yes, 3.5 x 5 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 1000XL at 900 dpi, 8-bit grayscale with brightness, contrast adjustments using Photoshop CS4.
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format:
image/jpg
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image/jpg
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file size:
2.87 MB
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2.87 MB
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source:
3.5 x 5 black and white print
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3.5 x 5 black and white print
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rights:
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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