Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Photographs of the Mission San Xavier del Bac in the 1970s, prior to the chapel's restoration in 1992.
The Mission San Xavier del Bac is located on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, west of Tucson, Arizona. The mission was founded by Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in 1700 at Bac, the O'odham village, located along the Santa Cruz River. The original mission chapels were lost to time and the present Franciscan church was built in 1783. In 1992, an international team of conservators began a painstaking resortation of the interior. The six images of the chapel in this series are pre-restoration.
In this collection
- Tohono O'odham Collection, 1970-1980, Helga Teiwes Photographer
- Traditional wheat threshing
- Sacred places on the Tohono O'odham Reservation
- Annual saguaro fruit harvest, called Hasan Baihi
- Coiled basket making
- Wire baskets, called wainom hua, made by Albert Alvarez
- Cholla bud harvesting is a tradition of the Tohono O'odham
- Mission San Xavier del Bac
- Daily life and activities in the mid-1970's
- Rodeo, fair and pageant
- Hand-building pots by potter Rupert Angea
- Hand-building pots by potter Laura Kermen
Items in Collection:
Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham NationCategory
ReligionSummary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham NationCategory
ReligionSummary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham NationCategory
ReligionSummary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham NationCategory
ReligionSummary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham NationCategory
ReligionSummary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.
Digital Heritage
Community
Tohono O'Odham NationCategory
ReligionSummary
Photographs by Helga Teiwes of the Tohono O'odham.