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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:Father Narciso Durán and an Indian child.jpg|{{Father Narciso Durán and an Indian child.jpg/credit}}<br />This likeness of Fray Narciso Durán suggests a paternalistic relationship between the missionaries and their native charges. As appears in ''Exploring du territoire de l’Oregon'' (1844). | |||
Image:Mission San José in 1853.jpg|{{Mission San José in 1853.jpg/credit}}|<br />The large church to the right was subsequently destroyed in the 1868 Hayward earthquake. Work to rebuild the structure was not concluded until 1985. | |||
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: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. |
Revision as of 16:22, 16 April 2015
(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