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Title
Portrait of the Havasupai wife of Navajo deserted Kohat (Kohot) who became Chief of the Havasupai Indians, ca.1898
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1898
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 the Havasupai wife of Navajo deserted Kohat (Kohot) who became Chief of the Havasupai Indians, ca.1898. She sits on something covered with a blanket. She wears a long-sleeved shirt, pants, moccasins, and a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. She has thick straight gray hair to her shoulders. The entrance of a thatched dome-like dwelling is visible behind her, while a dark and light-colored dog lays on the ground at left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17010
USC-1-1-1-13946 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4694
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17010
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4694.jpg
Subject
Indians--Navajo
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Clothing and dress
Women
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
USA
Source
1-167- [Microfiche number]
4694 [Accession number]
CHS-4694 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-651 [Identifying number]
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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