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Grape Picker, Napa Valley, California

Grape Picker, Napa Valley, California
ID number: 
96.73.25
Maker: 
Ken Light
Date: 
1984
Credit line: 
Gift of Neil Folberg
Copyright: 
©1984 Ken Light
Cultural associations: 
Hispanic
Keywords: 
activities agricultural laborers boxes containers crops fruit grapes harvesting head portage laborers men tools youth

Two Negro women carrying packages, one has a box of surplus relief commodities on her head. Natchez, Mississippi

Two Negro women carrying packages, one has a box of surplus relief commodities on her head. Natchez, Mississippi
ID number: 
92.139.18
Maker: 
Marion Post Wolcott
Date: 
1940
Credit line: 
Gift of John H. Wolcott
Copyright: 
©The estate of Marion Post Wolcott, courtesy of Linda Wolcott Moore
Subject - proper nouns: 
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Cultural associations: 
African-American
Keywords: 
activities assistance girls head portage laborers packaging women

Greece - Scene (two girls balancing pots on heads)

Greece - Scene (two girls balancing pots on heads)
ID number: 
84.67.68
Maker: 
Francis J. Bruguière
Date: 
ca. 1912
Credit line: 
Gift of James Enyeart
Keywords: 
containers girls head portage pottery

Bali, Women Bring Pottery to the Market

Bali, Women Bring Pottery to the Market
ID number: 
89.87.77
Maker: 
Josef Breitenbach
Date: 
1960
Credit line: 
Josef Breitenbach Archive
Copyright: 
©The Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York
Keywords: 
children containers head portage light mothers palms pottery roads sunrises & sunsets trees walking women

Bali

Bali
ID number: 
89.87.4
Maker: 
Josef Breitenbach
Date: 
1960
Credit line: 
Josef Breitenbach Archive
Copyright: 
©The Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York
Keywords: 
buildings head portage palms religious facilities roofs sculpture stonecarving temples thatched buildings trails & paths trees walls women

Bali, Women Bring Pottery to the Market

Bali, Women Bring Pottery to the Market
ID number: 
89.87.19
Maker: 
Josef Breitenbach
Date: 
1960
Credit line: 
Josef Breitenbach Archive
Copyright: 
©The Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York
Keywords: 
children containers head portage light mothers palms pottery roads sunrises & sunsets trees walking women

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untitled
ID number: 
89.87.18
Maker: 
Josef Breitenbach
Date: 
1960
Credit line: 
Josef Breitenbach Archive
Copyright: 
©The Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York
Keywords: 
children fetching wood head portage men palms roads trees walking women wood

untitled

untitled
ID number: 
89.82.5
Maker: 
Josef Breitenbach
Date: 
1958
Credit line: 
Josef Breitenbach Archive
Copyright: 
©The Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York
Keywords: 
clothing & dress farm produce head portage markets traditional dress walking women

Konarak

Konarak
ID number: 
89.81.15
Maker: 
Josef Breitenbach
Date: 
1958
Credit line: 
Josef Breitenbach Archive
Copyright: 
©The Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York
Cultural associations: 
Hindu Tantric
Keywords: 
antiquities baskets buildings geometric forms head portage religious facilities sculpture stone buildings stonecarving temples wheels women

Madras

Madras
ID number: 
89.80.7
Maker: 
Josef Breitenbach
Date: 
1957
Credit line: 
Josef Breitenbach Archive
Copyright: 
©The Josef Breitenbach Trust, New York
Keywords: 
bananas diseases food fruit head portage jewelry women
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