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Image:Mission San Jose natives.jpg|{{Mission San Jose natives.jpg/credit}}<br/>Georg von Langsdorff, an early visitor to California, sketched a group of ''[[Ohlone|Costeño]]'' dancers at [[Mission San José]] in 1806.<ref>von Langsdorff, p. 5: "''The hair of these people is very coarse, thick, and stands erect; in some it is powdered with down feathers''." Langsdorff noted, "''Their bodies are fantastically painted with charcoal dust, red clay, and chalk. The foremost dancer is ornamented all over with down feathers, which gives him a monkey-like appearance; the hindermost has had the whimsical idea of painting his body to imitate the uniform of a Spanish soldier, with his boots, stockings, breeches, and upper garments''."</ref><ref>Paddison, p. 130</ref> | Image:Mission San Jose natives.jpg|{{Mission San Jose natives.jpg/credit}}<br/>Georg von Langsdorff, an early visitor to California, sketched a group of ''[[Ohlone|Costeño]]'' dancers at [[Mission San José]] in 1806.<ref>von Langsdorff, p. 5: "''The hair of these people is very coarse, thick, and stands erect; in some it is powdered with down feathers''." Langsdorff noted, "''Their bodies are fantastically painted with charcoal dust, red clay, and chalk. The foremost dancer is ornamented all over with down feathers, which gives him a monkey-like appearance; the hindermost has had the whimsical idea of painting his body to imitate the uniform of a Spanish soldier, with his boots, stockings, breeches, and upper garments''."</ref><ref>Paddison, p. 130</ref> | ||
Image:Indians dancing at the San Jose Mission.jpg|{{Indians dancing at the San Jose Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />Indians dancing at the San José Mission in 1839, from ''Voyage Pittoresque et Historique au Bresil.'' | Image:Indians dancing at the San Jose Mission.jpg|{{Indians dancing at the San Jose Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />Indians dancing at the San José Mission in 1839, from ''Voyage Pittoresque et Historique au Bresil.'' | ||
Image:San Jose Patwin earth lodges - Stephen Powers.jpg|{{San Jose Patwin earth lodges - Stephen Powers.jpg/credit}}<br />Patwin earth lodges near Mission San José, 1877. | |||
Image:Ford San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg|{{Ford San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission San José, ''circa'' 1880-1881. | Image:Ford San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg|{{Ford San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission San José, ''circa'' 1880-1881. | ||
Image:Sparks Mission San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg|{{Sparks Mission San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission San José, between 1933 and 1937. | Image:Sparks Mission San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg|{{Sparks Mission San Jose de Guadalupe.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission San José, between 1933 and 1937. |
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(PD) Painting: Georg von Langsdorff / José Cardero
Georg von Langsdorff, an early visitor to California, sketched a group of Costeño dancers at Mission San José in 1806.[1][2]
Notes and references
- ↑ von Langsdorff, p. 5: "The hair of these people is very coarse, thick, and stands erect; in some it is powdered with down feathers." Langsdorff noted, "Their bodies are fantastically painted with charcoal dust, red clay, and chalk. The foremost dancer is ornamented all over with down feathers, which gives him a monkey-like appearance; the hindermost has had the whimsical idea of painting his body to imitate the uniform of a Spanish soldier, with his boots, stockings, breeches, and upper garments."
- ↑ Paddison, p. 130