Title:
[Indian encampment on banks of Feather River, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Wikersheim, Fritz (active ca. 1847-1851), French, artist (artist)
Date:
[1845-1851]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1304:24--ALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor, pencil, etc.
13.8 x 21.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Encampment of Indians showing group of conical huts; clothing drying on exterior; tall thatched enclosures or caches near
each hut (likely used for food storage).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LC): Californie, rancheria des Indiens d' hocks sur les bords de la rivière de la plume. Inscriptions
in French.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Dwellings;
Indians of North America;
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors