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In the Tule Swamp, Lake Pomo, unknown date
Unknown photographer
Paper; 6 x 8 in. 
18450A
Pomo Man Paddling Ruck Blasa in Tule Swamp
In the Tule Swamp, Lake Pomo, unknown date
Unknown photographer
Paper; 6 x 8 in. 
18450A
In the Tule Swamp, Lake Pomo, unknown date Unknown photographer Paper; 6 x 8 in. 18450A

Pomo Man Paddling Ruck Blasa in Tule Swamp

ClassificationsPhotographs
Subject Pomo
Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America
MediumPhotographic print
DimensionsOverall: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Object number18450A
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of a Pomo man paddling canoe in Tule swamp located in Lake Pomo.

The Pomo people were originally located in the Northern CA counties of Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake though their territory stretched over most of the Northern California coastline.*

Copy of photograph in file of Southwest Museum.

*Location information found at http://www.kstrom.net/isk/art/basket/pomohist.html
by RE Chaney

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