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Description
Photograph of a Hopi Indian woman grinding corn for bread, ca.1900. She is kneeling behind a wooden trough inside of which lay grinding stones. A cloth sits on the sill of the small window at her right. She is inside an adobe dwelling. Ropes, straps, and/or chains hang in a small cluster from above (left). A few bowls or basins sit on the dirt floor.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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