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 drawing by Alexander F. Harmer of a Mission Indian band at Mission Santa Barbara, ca.1898-1900. A group of at least thirty Indians can be seen, each playing an instrument. A variety of instruments are represented including drums, horns, and violins. At center, a monk wearing a Franciscan habit stands in front of a stand with music sheets facing the group of Indians. He holds a small baton in his right hand. The large group is situated in an exterior corridor with arches at right and barred windows at left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 10 x 13 cm., 17 x 22 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs art
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