Ralph Shanks photograph of Laura Fish Somersal
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 82-69
name: label: Creator
content: Shanks, Ralph
label: Names
content: Somersal, Laura, 1892-1990
topic: label: Topic
content: Basket making
creator: label: Creator
content: Shanks, Ralph
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- California
label: Culture
content: Wappo
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: According to photographer Ralph Shanks, Laura Fish Somersal was the "last Wappo speaker" as well as a basket-maker who used traditional Wappo materials and technique. She was also an informant for Jesse O. Sawyer's English-Wappo dictionary, published by the University of California, Berkeley.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Ralph Shanks through William Sturtevant, 1982.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.82-69
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photograph depicting Laura Fish Somersal, a Wappo basket weaver. The photograph was made in Sonoma County, California, on July 28, 1982.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California at Berkeley holds additional Ralph Shanks photographs, baskets that he collected, and information on Laura Somersal collected by Jesse O. Sawyer.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Oakland Museum of California holds baskets collected by Shanks.