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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a portrait of an old Mono Indian with many war medals carved in flesh on his chest, ca.1900. The man is pictured from his upper torso to his head and is turned to the right. He is topless and is only wearing a feather and fur headdress. His bare chest is covered in small white ornaments, identified as war medals. At the time of this photograph, the man was 105 years old.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 10 cm., 22 x 17 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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