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 Chemehuevi Indian mother holding her baby on her lap, ca.1900. The baby is strapped on a papoose basket. The woman sits on the ground in front of a large woven container, a mesquite granary, with various cooking implements on top. She wears a long dotted dress and a kerchief around her head. Another child wearing a dress and holding a piece of paper[?] is sitting on the ground at right. An oblong stone sits on the ground on the other side of the woman. Shadows from off-camera people and objects are cast from left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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