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Object Number 2004.29.3894
Display Title Old Sonis Mother - oldest living Maidu woman in Plumas Co., California in 1912.
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Maidu Indians, California (Pujunan) / Old Sonis Mother - oldest living Maidu woman. Plumas Co., California 1912. / Photographs by Miss Grace Nicholson"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
Department Photographic
Date 1911-1913
Artist Grace A. Nicholson
Culture
  • Maidu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 10.16 cm (3 x 4 in.)

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