OP 15362-117

(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of Celso (or Selso) Serrano kneeling behind a collection of Soboba and Cahuilla ollas of various sizes, baskets, seed beaters and other materials. A pick-up truck filled with straw or hay is parked behind him.

Same image as the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) print, P01811. According to catalog record for this image, Celso Serrano is an Indian policeman and guide.

Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 15362-117/ 86:15900-859/ IN REF BOOK/ [Written by Davis:] Celso Serrano and collection of/ Soboba & Cahuilla potter – ollas/ Nov. 15 1917/ Soboba just before/ loading up./ E.H. Davis
Image 2: OP 15362-117 (subst)/ 86:15900-859/ IN REF BOOK/ 1917