OP 15362-1025

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of a group of mourners gathered for the burial of Incarnacion Maro at the Mesa Grande cemetery. Near the center of the group, a man holds a large cross.

Notes on verso of print:
OP 15362-1025/ 86:15900-2018/ IN REF BOOK/?/ MOURNERS LINED UP AROUND/ GRAVE DURING BURIAL SERVICES

According to additional information provided on 10/2011 by a member of the E.H. Davis Project Scholar Advisory Committee: The Black Cross would have led the funeral procession and been carried by a close male relative to the deceased. The crowd is primarily wearing dark colors, a mourning practice customary to Kumeyaay funeral.