Historic black and white drawing of six Ohlone people with elaborately painted and tattooed bodies, wearing costumes and headdresses, and dancing in clearing near a river. Text at the bottom of the frame reads “Ein Tanz der Indianer in der Mistion in St. José in Neu – Californien”
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Dance of Indians at Mission in San José, New California between 1803 and 1807

Six Ohlone people with elaborately painted and tattooed bodies, wearing costumes and headdresses, dance in clearing near river. Possibly the earliest known view of Mission Indians in native costumes at Mission San José, California.

Artist: Tilesius von Tilenau, Wilhelm Gottlief (1769-1857), German, artist (attributed to); Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von (1773-no date), German, artist

Drawing

Image Courtesy of The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley BANC PIC 1963.002:1023--FR

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