Title:
[Digger squaw at Lassin's Diggins and Johnson's Ranch, California]
Creator/Contributor:
[Unknown]
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0284--B
Format:
drawing on paper: ink and pencil
28 x 22 cm.
Content/Description:
Two images on one sheet. Upper image: Indian woman wearing grass skirt, grinds acorns in a large conical basket, small child
figure stands behind her. Lower image: camp site with tents, well and wagon.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (UL): Digger squaw, at Lassin's Diggins pounding acorns for bread...; (LL): High hill of the coast
ranges 12 ms.off; (LR): Johnson's Ranch, 50 ms from Sacramento City, west side of Sacramento River going up valley. The group
of drawings 1963.002:0283 - 1963.002:0301 appear to be related. Some share stylistic, physical, and topical characteristics
and may have came from the same source. For more information see Inventory Sheets.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Clothing & dress;
Indians of North America;
Manners & customs;
Settlements;
Women
Genre/Format:
Drawings