(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of John Burton using a shovel to fill in a crematory pit of a woman whose remains were cremated the previous afternoon. Ash and bone fragments are in the bottom of the pit.
Same image as the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) print, P03798. According to catalog record for this image, the man is John Burson.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 13029-182B/ 87:16080-182B/ 586/ [Written by Davis:] John Burton/ filling crematory/ pit where woman’s/ body was burned/ afternoon before./ Note bone fragments/ in pit/ Mojave – / Parker Ariz/ Nov 1920
Image 2: OP 13029-182B/ 87:16080-182B/ 586/ [Written by Davis:] John Burton/ filling in crematory/ pit where woman’s/ body was burned/ afternoon before. Bone/ fragments + ashes in/ pit./ Mojave – Parker Ariz/ Nov. 24 1920/ EHD
