This is a 18th century sketch of an Indian woman and boy. The boy wears a necklace of runtees (beads on a string) and carries an Indian rattle in his right hand; the left hand carries a roasting ear of corn. The woman wears a necklace of peak, while she carries a gourd. Litho. from A History of Virginia by Robert Beverley.
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