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Title
Portrait of an Apache papoose tightly wrapped in a papoose basket, strapped to a carryall, and propped up next to a bow and arrows, Arizona, 1880
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1880
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 portrait of an Apache papoose tightly wrapped in a papoose basket, strapped to a carryall, and propped up next to a bow and arrows, Arizona, 1880. The carryall has a built-in wicker sunshade to protect the infant's face. To the left of the papoose are three hand-woven basket stacked on top of each other. On the basket are drawings such as a human figure, a cross, a cactus and wavy lines. Picture file card reads: "a young Apache warrior."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2773
USC-1-1-1-2842
USC-1-1-1-13477 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5928
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2773
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5928.jpg
Subject
Apache Indians
Indians--Apaches
Indians of North America
Dwellings
Baskets
Tribal areas
Time Period
1880
Place
Arizona
USA
Source
5928 [Accession number]
CHS-5928 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 7669 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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