(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of a Yaqui Indian man sitting in a chair outdoors, playing a harp. Notes on the verso of the print state: Davis wrote ‘The tone, for a rude instrument, was very good indeed. The post was of pine. The curved stick with pegs was of cottonwood with creosote pegs. The belly of the sound box was of pine and the sides & back of thin redwood. It was put together with brads & pegs and in the hands of a credible player would yield remarkable harmony.’
Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-1103/ 88:17050-1103/ YAQUI INDIANS/ BAHIA DE SAN CARLOS/ SONORA/ c 1924/ YAQUI INDIAN SHOWN WITH INDIAN HARP./ DAVIS WROTE ‘THE TONE, FOR A RUDE/ INSTRUMENT, WAS VERY GOOD INDEED. THE/ POST WAS OF PINE. THE CURVED STICK WITH/ PEGS WAS OF COTTONWOOD WITH CREOSOTE/ PEGS. THE BELLY OF THE SOUND BOX WAS/ OF PINE AND THE SIDES & BACK OF THIN/ REDWOOD. IT WAS PUT TOGETHER WITH BRADS/ & PEGS AND IN THE HANDS OF A CREDIBLE/ PLAYER WOULD YIELD REMARKABLE HARMONY.’
