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Saguaro fruit-gatherers - Maricopa (The North American Indian; v.02)

CREATOR Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952.

SUMMARY Description by Edward S. Curtis: Like their Piman neighbors, the Maricopa gather large quantities of the fruit of the saguaro, or giant cactus, which they relish in its natural state as well as in the form of wine or preserve.

NOTES 1 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 43 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. 69

Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1907.

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