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Watch now: Big Jim's hand carved mesquite tortilla press
Tucson folklorist "Big Jim" Griffith shares his hand-carved tortilla press as part of the Star's "Our Storied Desert Land" series from 2015.
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Most commonly known as “Big Jim,” word of Griffith's death spread quickly on social media Saturday night.
Cultural anthropologist James S. "Big Jim" Griffith, 86, died Dec. 18. Here are some of his stories. One begins: "According to their owners, these stories should be told only during the cold weather, when the snakes are asleep ..."
In 2015, the late James S. "Big Jim" Griffith shared stories, artifacts, and songs of the So…
