Ko'al Kumeyaay Paipai Santa Catarina Adobe Home, Mexico

Selso Aguiar's adobe home pictured with his sister, Teresa, opening the front door for the photographer. They live on the top of a mountain in the Indigenous Ko'al Kumeyaay Paipai community of Santa Catarina, Baja California, Mexico with their sister, Manuela Aguiar. The Aguair elders are well known for their Native American pottery, basket weaving, doll making, and agave fiber carrying net bags.

In this picture, Teresa enters one of the homes of her brother, Selso Aguiar, on the Aguiar mountain ranch.

I sepia toned the picture to illustrate the feeling I got from what appeared to be a mismatch of time and place in the 21st century. Hover or click on the photo to see the original color photograph.

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