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Mono basket weaver with several baskets


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    Mono basket

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    Yokut children, basket weavers

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    Two Yokut women and a young girl seated behind a large basket. The woman at centeris holding a finished small basket, while the young woman at left is holding a partially woven basket. The young girl at the right is holding a dog. In foreground is a large finished basket and a bunch of reeds.

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    Mono basket. Photographed in 1906

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    This collection contains approximately 10,000 photographs, negatives and ephemera created or compiled by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The bulk of the collection dates from 1903 to the 1920s and includes photograph albums and individual photographs with views of Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, California, and the Southwest of North America; pictures documenting Nicholson's basket collecting trips primarily between 1902 and 1912; images of Nicholson's stores and residences in Pasadena, including the building of the "Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Oriental Art" in the mid-1920s; and personal photographs of Nicholson, her family, friends, and associates. Nicholson's personal snapshots and photograph albums provide a valuable resource for studying Native American communities, particularly in Northern California, in the early 20th century. Many of the photographs depict daily life and include images of homes, community events, dances and rituals, families and children, and portraits. Most of these photographs were taken by Grace Nicholson or her assistant, Mr. Carroll S. Hartman, and are often accompanied by Nicholson's handwritten identifications.

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  • Chemehuevi Indian basket weaver making splints

    Chemehuevi Indian basket weaver making splints

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    A view of an Chemehuevi woman making the splints for weaving baskets. She has two baskets; one on either side of her and two bunches of reeds ready to weave.

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