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The cholla buds are boiled to release their oxylic acid and to soften them_image #4.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Buds are drying in the sun_image #6.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Albert threads wire into the loop_image #2.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Pottery and Basketry
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Rupert add coils to the pot to create a neck_image# 16.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Pottery and Basketry
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Junior Competition in the rodeo proceeds rain or shine_image #8.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Cholla bud harvesting begins by finding a cactus filled with buds_image #1.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
fair goers enjoying fair food_image #4.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Dried buds are packed into containers_image #7.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The flat disc is placed on a pot to form the bottom of the new pot_image #8.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Pottery and Basketry
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Rupert uses white clay, sand and water to form the material for his pots_image #4.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Pottery and Basketry
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
The spines are separated from the buds using a broom and screen_image #3.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Community Life and Family Life, Lands and Ecological Knowledge
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Painted pots are drying in the sun_image #20.jpg
Community
Tohono O'Odham Nation
Category
Pottery and Basketry
Summary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.