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Title
Wife of the great Navajo Chief Manuelito, the last Navajo chief, ca.1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901
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 portrait of the wife of the great Navajo Chief Manuelito, the last Navajo chief, ca.1901. She stands, outside, in front of an adobe brick wall. She is wearing a thick woven dress with broad horizontal stripes, long beaded necklaces around her neck, a bracelet on her left arm, a beaded belt, leg wraps, and moccasins.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15911
USC-1-1-1-13936
USC-1-1-1-14072 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3258
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15911
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3258.jpg
Subject
Indians--Navajo
Indians--Ramona
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Clothing and dress
Women
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
USA
Source
1-174- [Microfiche number]
3258 [Accession number]
CHS-3258 [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
chs-m265

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