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The University of Pennsylvania Museum bought a major collection of Native Californian basketry from Pennsylvania Dutch mill owner Henry K. Deisher in 1918. The basketry is well documented and well preserved, with some of the weavers' names and photographs also provided. The Museum's ethnographic collections were acquired by then curator George Byron Gordon, with Gordon appreciating that Native American objects should be preserved as the societies were changing so quickly. Grace Nicholson became a highly prominent trader in Native American art in the early twentieth century, including California Indian baskets.
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The Deisher collection of Californian Indian baskets at the University of Pennsylvania Museum includes some social history on the Pomoan-speaking people and also some names and photographs of the weavers. The collection comprises baskets from the period 1892-1918, with nearly half made by natives from the town of Habematolel which was home to around 250 people in 1906. Many of the photographs were taken for marketing purposes by the Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith, the original owner of some of the collection.
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Photographs of different late Roman glasswares with historical accounts describing their elegance and relevance are presented. These collectible glasswares are presently exhibited in the museum of the University of Pennsylvania. Distinctive characteristics can be seen from every item which imply that a significant evolution involving the Roman glassmaking industry occurred from the 1st century and onwards.
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