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Title
Young Havasupai Indian women with a baby basket, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 young Havasupai Indian women with a baby basket, or papoose carrier, ca.1900. She wears a large brightly patterned cloth about her shoulders, many beaded necklaces around her neck, and a long patterned dress. She holds the carrier by its top in front of her. At her feet on the ground lays a blanket with a zig-zag pattern. Behind her at left is part of a stick lean-to with a blanket or pelt on top. Part of a canyon wall is visible beyond the wild grass in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16008
USC-1-1-1-13517 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3374
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16008
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3374.jpg
Subject
Havasupai Indians
Indians--Havasupai
Indians of North America
Clothing and dress
Women
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
canyons: Grand Canyon
Source
1-167- [Microfiche number]
3374 [Accession number]
CHS-3374 [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

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