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Description
Photograph of an Agua Caliente Indian man, Simon Cibinoat, spinning Yucca fiber into yarn for making door mats, 1903. He stands, at left holding strands of yarn which are threaded into a spinning-wheel type of wooden mechanism. Three little girls stand and sit nearby. All four are outside in front of an adobe dwelling with a thatched roof. They are all barefoot.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
Indians of North America Men Children Mission Indians Weaving (Indians) Agua Caliente (Warner's Ranch)--Mission Indians--Blanket Making, etc Tribal areas
Time Period
1903
Place
California USA
Source
1-163- [Microfiche number] 3831 [Accession number] CHS-3831 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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