First stage in pottery making: grinding dried lumps of clay on a flat-topped boulder that serves as a work table

First stage in pottery making: grinding dried limps of clay on a flat-topped boulder that serves as a work table. Tomása (Paipai wife of a Kiliwa) is in charge of the operation, and her daughter, eager to learn, helps. [source: The Kiliwa Indians of Lower California (Plate X, figure a)]

• 1928-06-03

• Meigs, Peveril, 1903-1979

Arroyo León

black and white negative; 2 13/16 x 4 7/8 inches

A contemporary contact print of this image is available in the album documenting the 1928 trip.

Tomása (Paipai wife of a Kiliwa) is in charge of the operation, and her daughter, eager to learn, helps

• Baja California (Mexico)

• image

Related

• Journal 10, Page 12

Online finding aid

• Peveril Meigs Baja California Research Materials

• UC Regents

[Title, Date]. Peveril Meigs Baja California Research Materials. MSS 530. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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