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CURTIS, Edward Sheriff (American, 1868-1952). Saguaro Harvest - Pima. [Boston]: John Andrew & Son, ca. 1907. Photogravure. Plate 40 in Curtis’s Portfolio 2, “The North American Indian, Vol. 2. The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai.” Image 15 ½ x 11 ½; frame 25 ½ x 21”. In Volume 3, Curtis describes this scene: “The fruit of the saguaro, or giant cactus, called “hasen” by the Pima, forms a very important source of the food supply of the tribes of southern Arizona. This fruit is about the size of a small pear, and is very sweet. It is eaten fresh, dried, or in the form of syrup, and a sort of wine is made from its juice. In gathering it the natives use a long pole with a wooden blade at the end.” Not examined out of frame.