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 an exhibit of pottery including some from Indian cliff dwellers, 1895. The sixteen items shown include bowls, jars, ladles, dishes, and cups. Some of the objects are vividly painted. The objects are exhibited on a three-tiered table covered with a cloth, outside. Grades of pottery from prehistoric to "modern" displayed as follows: "modern" pueblo pottery (lower tier), ancient pueblo pottery (middle tier), ancient cliff dweller pottery (top tier). Part of the wall, doorway, and window of a wooden building in front of which the display is set up is visible behind. From an exhibit of the Wetherill Collection.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 13 x 21 cm., 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Cliff Dwellers Indians--Arts and crafts--Pottery Cliff-Dwellers Indians of North America Cliff-dwellers Pottery Indians of North America--Industries Indians of North America--Pottery Tribal areas
Time Period
1895
Place
New Mexico Arizona Colorado USA
Source
1-165- [Microfiche number] 2596 [Accession number] CHS-2596 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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