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Title
Two Indian baskets displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 two Indian baskets displayed against a cloth backdrop, ca.1900. One (viewed from the side) is shaped like a flaring cylinder with two looping handles. The other (viewed from the top?) is shaped like a cylindrical hat box with top. The weave patterns in both are quite decorative.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w
35 mm.
microfilms
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17270
USC-1-1-1-14023 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4831
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17270
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4831.jpg
Subject
Indians--Arts and crafts--Basketry
Indians of North America
Indians of North America--Industries
Baskets
Indians of North America--Basket making
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-162- [Microfiche number]
4831 [Accession number]
CHS-4831 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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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