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I carry the water (water well and windlers)

"I carry the water. Water well and windless"

Women carrying ollas (water jars) to water well
Women carrying ollas (water jars) to water well.

(Photo courtesy of Arizona Historical SocietyOpens in a new window, Tucson: AHS-57536-15268)

Tohono O'odham woman picking up a water jar to carry on her head
Tohono O'odham woman leaning to pick up a water jar to carry on her head. Note basketry jar rest on her head.

Tohono O'odham woman placing a water jar on her head
Tohono O'odham woman placing a water jar on her head.

Water jar in place on Tohono O'odham woman's head
Water jar in place on Tohono O'odham woman's head.

Photographs by William Dinwiddie (Bureau of American Ethnology)
during the W. J. McGee Expedition in 1894;
probably on the San Xavier Reservation, in Arizona.

(Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson: 2063, 2064a, 2065)

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