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Title
Coahuilla Indian woman, Maria Los Angeles, a basket maker, ca.1900
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a Coahuilla Indian woman, Maria Los Angeles, a basket maker, ca.1900. She is sitting on a blanket in the grass working on a basket under construction in her hands. A sheaf of straws lays at left. She is wearing a light shirt and a plaid skirt.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16402
USC-1-1-1-13920 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3825
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16402
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3825.jpg
Subject
Indians--Mission--Cahuilla
Indians of North America
Cahuilla Indians
Basket makers
Women
Mission Indians
Indians
Coahuilla, Mission Indians--Basketry
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
Source
1-162-; 1-172- [Microfiche number]
3825 [Accession number]
CHS-3825 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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