Lovely Young Woman with Mandolin, Antique RPPC Baffin Island "River People") and Papago (Tohono

"River People") and Papago (Tohono O'Odham) are renowned for coiled baskets like this one

still standing tall

a highly regarded British portraitist active from 1815 to the mid 1840s

and paper is fairly brittle

and also very modern feeling

Lovely Young Woman with Mandolin, Antique RPPC Baffin Island "River People") and Papago (TohonoI just love this young woman posing with her mandolin, looking some combination of proud and awkward and very lovely I think. Wearing what looks to be a wedding ring as well as necklace and bracelet, with simple wool skirt and well worn shoes. Real photo postcard, with unused back, printed in Paris. 3 1 2" x 5 1 2" and in good overall condition, with stains old glue residue on the reverse.