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Title
Yokut Indian woman, Joseppa, and her son, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1930
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 Yokut Indian woman, Joseppa, and her son, ca.1900-1930. She was the daughter of the chief of the Yokut, Charlie Pinta, and the weaver of tiny Pomo baskets. She is seated, wearing a long plaid dress. Her dark hair reaches to her shoulders and is parted up the middle. Her baby son is swaddled papoose-style on a wooden rack which stands on her left thigh.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 21 x 16 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10044
USC-1-1-1-13437 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4028
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10044
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4028.jpg
Subject
Indians Unclassified--Basketry
Indians--General
Indians of North America
Pomo Indians
Women
Pima Indians
Yokut Indians
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900/1930
Place
USA
Source
1-172-; 1-90-318 [Microfiche number]
4028 [Accession number]
CHS-4028 [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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