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Row 3, Block 3 | Back to Papago
Quilt
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"I grind the migusta
bean flour in my grinding stone (market)" |
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Mesquite beans, formely an important staple, were dried thoroughly, then crushed in bedrock mortars and winnowed or sifted to separate the crushed meal from uncrushed seeds. The ground meal has a sweetish taste and is said to be very nourishing. Photograph of Juanita Ahil of Ali Chuckson (Little Tucson), Tohono O'odham Reservation, Arizona, by Helga Teiwes, Sept. 1975. (Arizona State Museum, University
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La Ventana - Mountain depicted on many of Goldie's quilt blocks (See I grind the corn and To the trading post quilt blocks). Photograph by Helga Teiwes. (Arizona State Museum, University
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