This Cocopa just would not show his face to my Kodack but I got his lovely locks of hair. When these fellows had a cold they tied colored, yard wide cheese cloth over their noses and mouths, to keep the air out and bands of the material around their heads if they had a headache or "something"
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Description
This horizontal, sepia-toned photograph from approximately 1903 shows a person sitting on the ground with their back to the camera. The person has long, dark, straight hair that draped down their back, obscuring their face and upper body. They are positioned in the left foreground of a flat, dusty landscape. In the background, several rustic wooden buildings and structures are visible, along with a horse-drawn wagon on the right. Typewritten text at the top of the photo's mounting paper begins with "This Cocopa just would not..." and continues onto the next line. The photograph is mounted on a larger light-colored board, and a horizontal color calibration strip with colored squares and a grayscale step wedge is positioned along the bottom edge of the frame against a gray background. Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .
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