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Title
A Yuma Indian woman pottery maker making "ollas", ca.1900
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 Yuma Indian woman pottery maker making "ollas", or water jugs, ca.1900. She sits on the ground outside beside two large ollas. One is sitting on a barrel. A ring for balancing an olla on one's head sits near the barrel. She is wrapped in a print cloth or blanket around her shoulders, under which she wears a long print dress. A native dwelling constructed from sticks and mud is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16113
USC-1-1-1-14010 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3498
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16113
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3498.jpg
Subject
Indians--Yuma
Indians of North America
Yuma Indians
Indians of North America--Portraits
Women
Dwellings
Pottery
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
Source
1-184- [Microfiche number]
3498 [Accession number]
CHS-3498 [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
USC
chs-m265

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