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Title
Hopi Indian weaver making a ceremonial kilt in Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1900
Creator
James, G.W
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 a Hopi Indian weaver making a ceremonial kilt in Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1900. There is a woman sitting on the floor at center in front of a loom hung from the ceiling. The right side of another person is visible in the doorway at left. The small room in which the weaver works is covered by tree branches and several blankets and furs that are strewn across the floor. There are pots in the back right corner.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19131
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9951
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19131
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9951.jpg
Subject
Indians--Hopi--General
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Dwellings
Clothing and dress
Weaving
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
Navajo
Oraibi
USA
Source
1-163-; 1-168- [Microfiche number]
9951 [Accession number]
CHS-9951 [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
Provenance
Southwest Native American Photograph Collection

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