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Indian coras or baskets
Object Number 2004.29.3719.3
Display Title Indian coras or baskets
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on board: "California. / Indian Coras or Baskets / Gift of Mrs. George Linder, 1901 / (see over) / LR No. 911 / Study of Basket Material. Miss Picher. / Bundle of Rhus Aromatica. (var. tribola or [partridgeberry]) brought from the Arroyo by "Ayck." Basket woven of rhus aromatica and filled with its leaves and berries; basket maker Teodora Serrano of San Gabriel. / "Harvesting wand" (made of rhus) of Luisa, last capitana of the San Gabriel Indians. Cal. / Claret jug and cup with "limonada de los Indios" certified (?), as made from tribola berries by "Gnana." / Indian salt; deposited upon its leaves."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Household
Subject
  • Basket
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Gabrieliño
  • Californian Native American styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 20.32 x 17.78 cm (8 x 7 in.)

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