Indians of North America -- Great Basin Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Photographs
Date:
1922, 1931
Scope and Contents note:
The collection consists of an album containing images of Washoe baskets made by Dat-so-la-lee. The photographs were probably made while the baskets were displayed by Mr. and Mrs. Cohn in the Kit Carson Curio Store in Carson City, Nevada in 1931. Notes in the album include dimensions and weight of the larger baskets, and unifying themes of the smaller baskets. There is also a portrait of Dat-so-la-lee, purportedly made in 1922 by "Mr. Curtis of Pasadena" (probably Edward. S. Curtis) for J. P. Morgan.
Biographical/Historical note:
Dat-so-la-lee (Washoe) (circa 1829-1925, also known as Dabuda) was a maid in the house of Amy and Abe Cohn. The Cohns documented Dat-so-la-lee's baskets from 1895-1925 and sold most of them at their stores, including Cohn's Emporium.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 10
Location of Other Archival Materials:
A brochure for the Emporium in Carson City, with information on Dat-so-la-lee, is available in the National Anthropological Archives in the Records of the Division of Ethnology, Department of Anthropology.
An additional portrait of Dat-so-la-lee is held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 59.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
