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Cocopah Indian Home, Delta of the Colorado River, Lower California

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Cocopah Indian Home, Delta of the Colorado River, Lower California

Description: Adults and children seated under a wood and brush shelter that has large woven storage baskets on roof.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: before 1903
Call number: photCL 312
Creator: Monsen, Frederick (1865-1929)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by Henry E. Huntington from Frederick Monsen, 1923.
Dimensions: images approximately 11 x 14 in. on oversize mounts approximately 21 x 26 in. +

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