Cochiti Indian woman grinding corn
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Inscription | Cochiti Indian Woman Grinding Corn. Perhaps eighty percent of all the food of the Cochiti Indians of New Mexico consists of preparation of corn and the Cochiti woman must spend at least three hours out of every twenty-four grinding meal. The "Mill" is a hollowed-out stone, on which the corn is laid, and the "power" is the strong arm of the woman. The grinding is done by means of a round or a flat stone, which as she pushes it up and down and around in the cavity of the rock, mashes the grain into meal. When ground the meal is poured into beautifully decorated and curious looking pots and set away in niches of the wall. Property of John Goodman. 1915. |
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[Title, Date]. Baja California and the West Postcard Collection. MSS 235. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
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