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Object Number 2004.1.346.1.1
Display Title Fanny Brown, Shaman, with snake rattles on necklace
Descriptions
Object Description Written on label: "A Wintu medicine woman with curing feathers in one hand. One her necklace rattlesnake rattles are strung.
Department Photographic
Date 1935
Artist Dr. Cora DuBois
Culture
  • Wintu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 8.89 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)

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