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Title
Mojave Indian woman carrying a bundle of wood for the cremation of an Indian Chief
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 Mojave Indian woman carrying a bundle of wood for the cremation of an Indian Chief, [s.d.]. An elderly woman carries a large bundle of sticks on her back at center while another person helps her at right. A small hut stands on the far right while people stand scattered across the dusty terrain in the background. Trees stand in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22352
USC-1-1-1-13931 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-46676
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22352
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-46676.jpg
Subject
Indians--Mojave
Indians of North America
Mohave Indians
Clothing and dress
Men
Mojave Indians
Tribal areas
Place
USA
Source
46676 [Accession number]
CHS-46676 [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
Provenance
Southwest Native American Photograph Collection

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