A Pomo Girl, Plate 482
Edward Sheriff Curtis American
Not on view
This pensive young woman is Frances Joaquin (later Frances Jack) from the Hopland Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians. She is richly adorned with multiple strands of clamshell disk beads and magnesite cylinders similar to those on display nearby. The artist Grace Carpenter Hudson and her husband, John, owned the pair of ear sticks Frances wears—the same ones shown in the adjacent wall case. Made by master artist William Benson, these lovely "earrings" demonstrate his exceptional weaving, featherwork, and incising skills. Worn by a woman during an important occasion, such as the ceremonial dance pictured by Tavernier, these ear sticks would be among the treasures of a wealthy family.
—Sherrie Smith-Ferri (Dry Creek Pomo/Bodega Miwok)
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