(Documentary Artifact): One b/w negative of a man, probably Edward H. Davis, holding an eagle with both wings stretched out. He wears a wide-brimmed hat, collared shirt, tie, slacks and shoes.
Notes on negative envelope:
86:15900-480+481/ Davis Coll/ 86 Dup/ E.H. Davis ? holding/ Hawk or Eagle/ Mesa Grande/ 1923/ 2 Negatives
According to additional information provided on 10/2011 by a member of the E.H. Davis Project Scholar Advisory Committee: The bird is a immature golden eagle. The feathers would be gathered from the bird while the bird was alive and worn by spiritual and political Kumeyaay leaders.
