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Title
Jacinta Serrano, last San Gabriel Mission Indian basket maker
Creator
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description
A view of Jacinta Serrano grinding corn with a metate. Around her are various grinding stones and pots. There are Indian blankets behind her and to her left is a sign reading, "Jacinta Serrano, Basket Maker. She is 90 years old and lived San Gabriel in the early years of the mission. "
Title from verso.
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
8 x 6 in. black and white photographic print.
Identifier
21142
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/3640
Subject
Basket making--California
Indians of North America--California--San Gabriel--Photographs
Indians of North America--Material culture--California
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (San Gabriel, Calif.)
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Silver gelatin prints. (gmgpc)
Place
California
San Gabriel River Valley (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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