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Title
Portrait of an old Mojave Indian man, a leader of the tribe, 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 portrait of an old Mojave Indian man, a leader of the tribe, ca.1900. The man is visible from the chest up. He wears cloths wrapped about his head like a turban, a brightly patterned bandana around his neck, and a loose light jacket over a shirt. He has a dark wrinkled complexion and whispy white hair. He can be seen staring to the left.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
portraits
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16037
USC-1-1-1-13931 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3409
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16037
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3409.jpg
Subject
Indians--Mojave
Indians of North America
Mohave Indians
Clothing and dress
Men
Mojave Indians
Indians
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-173- [Microfiche number]
3409 [Accession number]
CHS-3409 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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