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Portrait of Old Curly with baskets
Portrait of Old Curly with baskets
Object Number 2004.29.3904
Display Title Portrait of Old Curly with baskets
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Maidu Indians (Pujunan) / Old Curly. Died 1906 - age 106 / Hoyts Ranch near Placerville, El Dorado Co. / Gift of Grace Nicholson"
Keywords
  • Manufacture and General Utility
  • Proper Name
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Basket weaving
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Maidu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Placerville, near; Hoytes Ranch
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 12.07 x 17.15 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Grace A. Nicholson

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