Image: Paiute indian woman grinding acorns for flour, Lemoore, Kings County, ca.1900 (CHS-922)

Description: Paiute indian woman grinding acorns for flour, Lemoore, Kings County, ca.1900 Photograph of Paiute indian woman grinding acorns for flour, Lemoore, Kings County, ca.1900. She is sitting in front of a grass hut. Several bags and baskets are sitting nearby. She seems to be using an oblong rock or short fat wooden implement to pound the acorns in a hollowed-out stump or bowl. Call number: CHS-922 Legacy record ID: chs-m14734; USC-1-1-1-13951 Photographer: Dove, Adam Filename: CHS-922 Coverage date: circa 1900 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Lemoore Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 922 Microfiche number: 1-60- Archival file: chs_Volume90/CHS-922.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): tribal areas Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1900 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Indians -- Paiute Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Kings Subject (lcsh): Paiute Indians; Clothing and dress; Food; Acorns; Indians of North America; Dwellings; Indians Subject: Paiute Indians
Title: Paiute indian woman grinding acorns for flour, Lemoore, Kings County, ca.1900 (CHS-922)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/15370
Author: Dove, Adam
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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