Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
[Unknown]
Title:
[Digger squaw at Lassin's Diggins and Johnson's Ranch, California]
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Materials:
drawing on paper: ink and pencil
Dimensions:
28 x 22 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0284--B
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Clothing & dress
- Indians of North America
- Manners & customs
- Settlements
- Women
- Drawings
Heading:
Content/Description:
Notes:
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.
Heading:
Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
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.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf5x0nb76 q

[Digger squaw at Lassin's Diggins and Johnson's Ranch, California]