Davis, Edward H., b. 1862, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 26
to form the teeth of the death image. which grows in tussocks forty miles distant in Jacumba canon, a wild, rocky gorge with a clear mountain stream flowing down to the desert. The great flood two years ago uprooted nearly all the meskii'd, but we found a few hummocks from which we gathered a… … -Pearl buttons used for the eyes. Fig. these Indians trade with the Cocopah. I was fortunate enough to find a woman who had a handful of these shells, and with much reluctance she parted with enough for the three images. Eight shells furnished teeth for one image, four for upper and four for lower…
Diegueño Indians
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