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Object Number
38-1-10/53029
Display Title
"Taco-lah Chief"
Descriptions
Object Description
Pencil wash sketch of a man standing and holding a bow and arrows, inscribed in the middle of lower bottom of drawing "Taco-lah Chief". 7 .9 x 10". [Toca lah (?)]
Classification
- Drawing
Subject
- Yurok
- Miwok
Department
Prints and Drawings
Date
1852
Artist
John Russell Bartlett
(1854 - 1854)
Artist
Henry B. Brown
(1852 - 1852)
Culture
- Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
California
/
Napa County
Additional Geographic Terms
Napa Valley
Dimensions
Overall: 22.5 x 19.9 cm (8 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Owner
Lucretia Russell Moore Osborn
(1854 - 1856)
Collector
John Russell Bartlett
Donor
Mrs. W. W. Francis
(1938)
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