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Title
Portrait of a bare-breasted native girl musical entertainer, Hawaii
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
Photographic portrait of a bare-breasted young native girl musical entertainer, Hawaii, [s.d.]. Full figure view (except her feet) in a studio. She sits on a stool or chair with crossed legs and can be seen wearing a grass skirt and a lei. She wears a leafy top, yet she is bare breasted. Her long dark wavy hair is piled on top and hangs down the sides of her head. Her legs are crossed. She strums a ukulele in her lap.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17244
USC-1-1-1-14033 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4936
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17244
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4936.jpg
Subject
Hawaii--Inhabitants
Women
Hawaiians
Music
Place
Hawaii
USA
Source
4936 [Accession number]
CHS-4936 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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