maiden
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci Tags
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
"Zuni Baking Day", early 20th century
Item — Folder 437: [Barcode: 127.437]
Identifier: 5327.534
Description
Folder 437 Transcript (DCI) [single page document typed on lined note paper]ZUNI BAKING DAYThe Zuni maiden bakes excellent bread in her oven. We call it a Dutch oven, but the Zunis have had this type of oven [illegible - 2 words crossed out] as far back as the white man’s knowledge of them goes. Her costume is her adaptation from the whites. The peton hanging down her back is purely ornamental. The buckskin wrappings...
Dates:
early 20th century