86:15900-501

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w negative of Maria Luisa (or Maria Luisa Carmel /Maria Louisa Carmel) standing in an orchard in profile, carrying a pack or bundle down her back. She holds a metal bucket with text printed on the side.

Notes on negative envelope:
86:15900-501/ Davis Coll/ 86 Dup/ Mesa Grande – Cereza Loma/ Maria Luisa + Pack?/ 1904

According to additional information provided on 10/2011 by a member of the E.H. Davis Project Scholar Advisory Committee: The woman is demonstrating the use of a tumpline across the forehead to carry a heavy load on the back. In earlier times a basket hat would be protecting the forehead.