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Title
Hopi basket weaver, Koch-ye-amp-se, at Mishongnovi, Arizona, ca.1897
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1897
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 Hopi basket weaver, Koch-ye-amp-se, at Mishongnovi (Mashongnavi), Arizona, ca.1897. She sits on a blanket on the ground leaning against a cracked adobe wall with a partially finished basket in her lap. Three complete baskets and another unfinished sit on the ground around her. She wears a dark long-dress with a cloth belt and a long-sleeved shirt under her dress. She has very long black hair. Photoprint reads: "Moki".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 16 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17050
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4739
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17050
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4739.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Koch-ye-amp-se
Hopi Indians--Basketry
Basketry
Indians--Hopi--General
Indians of North America
Women
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1897
Place
-110.491943,35.805000
Arizona
Mishongnovi
Navajo
USA
Source
1-168- [Microfiche number]
4739 [Accession number]
CHS-4739 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-1349 [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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