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Old Molly, a basket maker
Object Number 2004.29.3891
Display Title Old Molly, a basket maker
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Maidu Indians, California (Pujunan) Old Molly. (Nisenan) see over / Photographs by Miss Grace Nicholson, / [verso] Old Molly lived with a woman called Hattie Tom. Baskets by Molly in the Field. Lowie Museum has baskets by Hattie. Photograph perhaps taken north of Placerville in a place called Pacific House."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Department Photographic
Date 1911-1913
Artist Grace A. Nicholson
Culture
  • Maidu
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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