Description:
Pablo Cantanas standing next to mesquite bean storage basket made of arrow weed. The lid of the basket is covered with earth to protect the beans from weather and animals. The basket is sitting on top of a raised wooden platform.
Culture/People:
Cahuilla
Date created:
October 27, 1917
Photographer:
Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
Place:
Tova (Agua Dulce), Torres Martinez Reservation; Riverside County; California; USA
Format/Object name:
Silver gelatin print
Collection History/Provenance:
Edward H. Davis owned a ranch outside San Diego, California, and became fascinated with local Indian people. The collection of Native objects he developed attracted the attention of George Heye, who purchased many items from Davis and hired him as a field collector in 1916. Photographs by Davis from southern California and northern Mexico probably accompanied the objects he sold to or collected for MAI.
Dimensions:
3.25 x 5 in.
Catalog number:
P02324
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