H16.263C
Photographs, Indian life; negative also (D. Curry, 1/9/2003) Handwritten on the back of the image, "Daggett Collction, Klamath woman with conical burden basket." The photo is a sepia print mounted on this cardboard. The woman has a large burden basket on her back which she is carrying by a strap secured around her head. She is also wearing a basket cap and carrying a medium sized round basket in her right hand. In her left hand is what appears to be a mixing stick. She also has several animal skins drapped around her shoulders.
Picture This Information
This artifact is part of the OMCA's Picture This website. More about the context and history of this artifact is available at Picture This.
About the Picture This web project: California's Perspectives on American History is a resource for teachers and students to learn about the experiences of diverse peoples of California by using primary source images from the Oakland Museum of California's collections. Organized into 11 time periods spanning from pre-1769 to the present, more than 300 photographs, drawings, posters, and prints tell stories from the perspectives of different ethnic groups. Historical contexts are provided to offer a framework of California's role in relation to American history.
The National Archives state that primary sources, "fascinate students because they are real and they are personal: history is humanized through them." Picture This invites students to examine the historical record, encouraging them to connect history with real people and explore how images tell stories and convey historical evidence about the human experience. History becomes more than just a series of facts, dates, and events.
