OP 14961-979

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of two girls holding a crossbar of a grist mill used by Opata Indians to grind grains. A burro is usually hitched to the crossbar and grinds the grain.

Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-979/ 88:17050-979/ OPATAS/ SONORA/ 1922/ Opata/ for adobes/ Apl 1922/ GRIST MILL USED BY OPATA INDIANS TO/ GRIND GRAINS. NORMALLY A BURRO WOULD/ BE HITCHED TO THE CROSSBAR WHERE GIRLS ARE/ STANDING AND PULL THE BAR.