Title:
[War dance costumes of the inhabitants of California]
Creator/Contributor:
Choris, Ludwig (1795-1828), Russian, artist (artist)
Date:
[1816]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1313 (recto)--FR
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor
27.5 x 23 cm.
Content/Description:
Color studies of two Indians (identified in pencil as Olompoli and Sactan) in war dance costumes (headdress, body paint, and
costume). Several additional pencil sketches of dancing figures (one identified as Guymon).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC): Costumes de danse de guerre des habitans de la Californie du voisinage de la mission de Sn. Francisco.
Date based on Otto von Kotzebue Expedition visit to California in 1816. Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
Clothing & dress;
Expeditions & surveys;
Indians of North America;
Rites & ceremonies;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors