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Title
Agua Caliente Indian woman, Nievas Chaves, with a metate stone, 1903
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
1903
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 an Agua Caliente Indian woman, Nievas Chaves, with a metate stone (used for grinding grain), 1903. She is kneeling on the ground outside with her four children standing (or sitting) behind (and beside) her. She is the daughter of Simon and Sensioni Cibinoat.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16410 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3833
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16410
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3833.jpg
Subject
Indians of North America
Women
Children
Cookery
Mission Indians
Agua Caliente (Warner's Ranch)--Mission Indians
Tribal areas
Time Period
1903
Place
California
USA
Source
1-172- [Microfiche number]
3833 [Accession number]
CHS-3833 [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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