Shoshone Native American Woman with Baby in Papoose, 1917 Real Photo Postcard vintage curiosity The figure holds a long

The figure holds a long bowl

great weight

immediately recognizable

The interior of the box is lined in crimson red paper

) With mirrors at the center of the central checkerboard of flowers

Shoshone Native American Woman with Baby in Papoose, 1917 Real Photo Postcard vintage curiosity The figure holds a longAn absolutely wonderful image I think, with marvelously specific details packed into every inch. And how beautiful is this mother beaded leather satchel in one hand and her other arm wrapped protectively around the frame of the papoose with her head turned toward something or someone outside of the frame and her baby looking, much more fretfully, in exactly the same direction! To my eye, striking and funny and tender and true all at once. Postmarked