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Title
Peshliki, a Navajo Indian silversmith, and a friend outside his shop (and hogan) on the Tohatchi Indian Reservation near Gallup, New Mexico, ca.1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901
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 Peshliki, a Navajo Indian silversmith, and an assistant(?) sitting outside Peshliki's shop (and hogan) on the Tohatchi Indian Reservation near Gallup, New Mexico, ca.1901. They are sitting on rocks near the entrance with their forearms leaning on their knees. The hogan is constructed from rocks mortared together with a wooden roof and wooden doors. Little grows on the rocky landscape.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15877
USC-1-1-1-13946 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3217
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15877
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3217.jpg
Subject
Indians--Navajo
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Men
Dwellings
Silversmiths
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
McKinley
New Mexico
Tohatchi Indian Reservation
Gallup
USA
Source
1-174- [Microfiche number]
3217 [Accession number]
CHS-3217 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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