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Cache Creek John and his wife picking balsam
Cache Creek John and his wife picking balsam
Object Number 2004.29.3978
Display Title Cache Creek John and his wife picking balsam
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "Pomo Indians, California (Kulanapan) / Old Blind Cache Creek John, old man once feared by all but now in care of his old [wife] who leads him about while they pick Balsam from which they get living. / Gr Nicholson - 1906."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Proper Name
Subject
  • Balsam
  • Wife
  • Man
  • Blind
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1906
Artist Grace A. Nicholson
Culture
  • Pomo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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