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Title
Portrait of anApache Indian woman basket maker, ca.1880
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
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
Photographic portrait of an Apache Indian woman basket maker, ca.1880. She is sitting on a cloth on the ground with a partially finished basket in her hands on her lap. An awl lays in the basket. Several sheaves of straw sit at her side. She is wearing a plaid dress over a dotted dress. Her hair is cropped above her shoulders and has bangs. Behind her is table on which which sit a few pails and a cup. The trunk of a tree and brush are 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-m2788
USC-1-1-1-2856 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3593
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2788
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3593.jpg
Subject
Indians--Apache
Indians of North America
Apache Indians
Women
Basket makers
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
Arizona
USA
Source
1-161-; 1-162- [Microfiche number]
3593 [Accession number]
CHS-3593 [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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