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Title	Washoe Indian woman carrying her papoose on her back, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of a Washoe Indian woman carrying her papoose on her back, ca.1900. The woman is wearing a leather(?) tunic and skirt. The ends of the tunic and skirt are cut into short strips. Her outfit is decorated with hand(?) drawings. Drawings are visible on her face and hand. The papoose is snuggled in its (his/her?) papoose basket. The basket is attached to the cradle by thin ropes. The woman carries the cradle on her back with the supporting rope strapped around her head just above the forehead. Just above the baby's head is a screen made of wicker to protect the baby from the sun and possibly rain.; "American Indian people of the Great Basin region of North America, who made their home around Lake Tahoe just east of the Sierra Nevada. Their peak numerical strength before contact with whites may have been 1,500, whereas today perhaps fewer than 600 remain in the original Washo territory. Linguistically isolated from the other Great Basin peoples, they have been placed in the Hokan stock. The Washo were fishermen, hunters of small mammals, and gatherers of pine nuts, acorns, and various roots and berries. They depended on deer and antelope for some of their dress and for their cone-shaped dwellings. They were especially noted for their superb basketry." -- Encyclopedia Britannica.
Subject	Washoe Indians
Subject (adlf)	tribal areas
Subject (file heading)	Indians -- Washoe
Subject (lcsh)	Indians of North America Washoe Indians Infants
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	5927
Call number	CHS-5927
Microfiche number	1-157-
Legacy record ID	chs-m17529; USC-1-1-1-14005
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-5927
Archival file	chs_Volume99/CHS-5927.tiff

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