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Title
Drawing of an older indian teaching drawing in the sand in front of four young boys
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 drawing of an older indian teaching drawing in the sand in front of four young boys, [s.d.]. The elderly Native American is shown crouching at center, making a design of concentric circles in the ground in front of him
he wears a garland of leaves and a belt adorned with feathers. To the left, three of the young boys stand, while a fourth sits. All have painted their bodies and wear loin cloths. A straw hut is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m19894 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12784
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19894
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12784.jpg
Subject
Indians of North America
Populated places
Place
California
USA
Source
12784 [Accession number]
CHS-12784 [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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