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Title
Portrait of a Hopi Indian boy from a wealthy family, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 a portrait of a Hopi Indian boy from a wealthy family, ca.1900. From the abdomen up. He is wearing rich wampum necklaces (Navajo jewelry) and a warrior's headdress (a cloth wrapped around his head). He has on a dark shirt. A twisted cloth band is tied across his forehead. His dark hair is shorn at shoulder length. His left hand is on his hip. A cracked adobe wall is visible behind him.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : glass photonegatives, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13173
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2324...-3679
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13173
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2324.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Indians--Hopi
Indians of North America
Dwellings
Clothing and dress
Hairstyles
Men
Children
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
Source
1-168-; 1-91-89 [Microfiche number]
2324; 3679 [Identifying number]
CHS-2324; CHS-3679 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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