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Title
The Havasupai Indian Uta's daughter, Tis-wi-a-yar-i, making "piki" (bread), ca.1899
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1899
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 the Havasupai Indian Uta's daughter, Tis-wi-a-yar-i, making "piki" (bread), ca.1899. She sits on the ground in the partial shade of a rock wall behind her, her right hand resting on the stone slab over the campfire. Two baskets sit on the ground at left. She wears a long dress with shawl around her shoulders.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17019
USC-1-1-1-13517 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4705
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17019
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4705.jpg
Subject
Havasupai Indians
Tis-wi-a-yar-i
Indians--Havasupai
Indians of North America
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1899
Place
USA
Source
1-167- [Microfiche number]
4705 [Accession number]
CHS-4705 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
plate no: James-677 [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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