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Description
Photograph of Maria Antonia, a Coahuilla Indian basket maker, at work, California, ca.1899. She squats in front of an adobe brick wall with a partially completed basket with her hands. She wears a long-sleeved shirt, a long skirt, a shawl around her shoulders, and a handkerchief around her head. She has short white hair.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 22 x 17 cm., 26 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Indians--Mission--Cahuilla Portraits--A Indians of North America Cahuilla Indians Mission Indians Antonia, Maria Coahuilla Indians Mission Indians--Basketry Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1899
Place
California USA
Source
1-172-; 1-70-22 [Microfiche number] 4748 [Accession number] CHS-4748 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity] unidentified no: James-2013 [Identifying number]
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