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SUMMARY Description by Edward S. Curtis: The Papago women always carry their burdens on, or supported from, their heads. When the burden - be it a basket, pottery, or a box - has a flat or a rounded bottom, the ring of the woven yucca is placed on the head in order to give the load a firm position for carrying, and to relieve the bearer of pressure.
NOTES 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 30 cm.
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1907.
Original source: The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai [portfolio] ; plate no. 53
Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1908.
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