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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a Chemehuevi Indian woman repairing a papoose board, or cradle, ca.1900. She is sitting outside on a blanket on the ground working with the "head" piece of the baby carrier. She is wearing a long light plain dress and plaid shirt under a plaid blanket pulled about her shoulders, and a kerchief wrapped around her head. A bundle of straws sits in front of her. A pail is sitting on a chest in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 17 x 22 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
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