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Title
Maria Casseri, a Coahuilla Indian woman, grinding mesquite beans for flour on a stone metate with a basket top, California, ca.1899
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1899
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 Maria Casseri, a Coahuilla Indian woman, grinding mesquite beans for flour on a stone metate with a basket top, California, ca.1899. She can be seen seated on a blanket on the ground with the grinding stone between her ankles. She wears a long-sleeved sweater with a white shirt underneath and printed pants. She has short white hair wrapped with a headband. A dog and other items can be seen behind her.
Type
image
Format
3 photograph : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17055
USC-1-1-1-13920 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4746
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17055
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4746.jpg
Subject
Indians--Mission--Cahuilla
Indians of North America
Cahuilla Indians
Mission Indians
Casseri, Maria
Coahuilla Indians
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1899
Place
California
USA
Source
1-172- [Microfiche number]
4746 [Accession number]
CHS-4746 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-2010 [Identifying number]
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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