Figure 24. The framework of a Seri Indian house consists of a series of arches made up of the branches of the thorny ocotillo, which are stripped of thorns, bent over and tied with strips of cloth. In order to keep out the wind, if not the cold, brush is loosely piled upon this framework.

• 1939-08

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Caption in MC6A 114 f13

• E.W. Scripps (Ship)
• Gulf of California Expedition

• Seri Indians--Mexico--Baja California (Peninsula)
• Seri Indians--Social life and customs

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