REPRODUCTIONS IN DUOTONE OF PHOTOGRAPHS 

 FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST 



BY HERBERT J. SPINDEN AND EDWARD S. CURTIS 



From the copyrighted photograph by E. .9. Curtis 



MOSA, A MOHAVE WOMAN 



The IMohave inhahit the very hot lands along the lower course of the Colorado River. Although their coiintrj- is 

 poninionly aocounted a desert, the Colorado in that region, like the Egyptian Nile, has seasonal overflows, making possible 

 the I'aising of corn. ■ The people paint themselves with mud and take pleasure in mud baths. Although less advanced in 

 the arts than the Pueblo and Piman tribes, they are an interesting people, and especially notable for their splendid 

 physique 



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