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Title
Daughter of the last Navajo chief, Chief Manuelito, ca.1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the daughter of the last Navajo chief, Chief Manuelito, ca.1901. She sits on something in front of an adobe brick wall outside. A blanket with a stripe and diamond pattern is pulled around her shoulders and over her lap. She is wearing a patterned dress and shirt, long beaded necklaces around her neck, bracelets on both forearms. Part of the leg of a tripod(?) is visible at right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15888
USC-1-1-1-13936 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3231
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15888
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3231.jpg
Subject
Indians--Navajo
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Clothing and dress
Women
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
USA
Source
1-174- [Microfiche number]
3231 [Accession number]
CHS-3231 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m265

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