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 two Hopi maidens and a matron holding a baby, ca.1898. Both maidens wear their hair in large flat buns on each side of their heads. The one at left wears a traditional dress with a long-sleeved printed shirt, several necklaces, and earrings. The other wears the same traditional dress and fewer necklaces. The matron stands at right. Her hair down parted in the middle and plaited into two loose pigtails. She holds a naked baby on her lap. They stand before an adobe wall.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 17 x 22 cm. 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 8 x 10 in. glass plate negatives photographs
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