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Title
Dome-shaped Paiute Indian hut in Inyo County, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 dome-shaped Paiute Indian hut in Inyo County, ca.1900. The small hut is at right and is made of small branches or reeds held together by horizontal braches wrapped around the circumference of the hut. There is a narrow door in the center of the hut, made of several small pieces of wood attached to each other. There is an overturned basket at left. In the background is a tall snow covered mountain.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 17 x 22 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17761
USC-1-1-1-13951 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11197
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17761
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11197.jpg
Subject
Indians--Paiute
Indians of North America
Paiute Indians
Dwellings
Housing areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Inyo
USA
Source
1-161- [Microfiche number]
11197 [Accession number]
CHS-11197 [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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