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Holdings: 35mm slide: 19707
Date of Photo: Jan. 11, 1979
World Region: Middle America
Region: Middle America
Country: Mexico
Description: Maria Rosaria Rejogochi (wife of Lirio Martinez of Rejogochi) grinds parched maize kernels to make kobisi before the drinking has begun at a maize beer drinking party sponsored by Ventura Akichi and family at their cave at Upache. The old woman to Ma. Rosaria's side is her mother. In Slide 36, one of Ventura's daughters removes some of the freshly ground kobisi from the tray into which Ma. Rosaria has been grinding the maize and mixes it with water
Image Categories: Activity: Food production/Animal or Plant Husbandry
Source Type Detail: Photographer (Original): Merrill, William L.

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Full citation: "Maria Rosaria Rejogochi (wife of Lirio Martinez of Rejogochi) grinds parched maize kernels to make kobisi before the drinking has begun at a maize beer drinking party sponsored by Ventura Akichi and family at their cave at Upache. The old woman to Ma. Rosaria's side is her mother. In Slide 36, one of Ventura's daughters removes some of the freshly ground kobisi from the tray into which Ma. Rosaria has been grinding the maize and mixes it with water". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-2419/2419. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 03, 2024.