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Description
Early Maidu pictures Jane Lewis--wife of Tom Lewis (Capt Tom) Photograph Source: Copy from unknown source (Copy date not given) Original source: Smithsonian Institution Notes: Following information found in the Handbook of North American Indians California 1978 by Smithsonian Institution Caption under image reads: Captain Tom's wife wearing 10-yard necklace of 1,160 money beads made of clam (probably Saxidomus sp) and a deerskin girdle and headband decorated with abalone Photograph probably by AWChase, before Aug 1874 (page 391 Figure 5) MSS 160:135:31 Black and white copy print ; 118 x 80 mm
Type
image
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Identifier
[item#] MSS 160 Dorothy M. Hill Collection, Meriam Library Special Collections, California State University, Chico. sc31338 http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll42/id/1429
Subject
Lewis, Jane Maidu--Southern Nisenan Maidu Necklaces--Clamshell Disc Bead Headgear Headbands Hides and Skins Hides and skins--Deer Abalone headbands Portrait photography Portraits Women Necklaces
