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Title
Portrait of an Apache Indian woman basket maker, 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
Photographic portrait of an Apache Indian woman basket maker, ca.1900. She is sitting on a cloth on the ground with a partially finished basket with a star design on the bottom in her hands on her lap. Several pails and pottery jars sit around her. She is wearing a plaid dress over a dotted dress. Her hair is cropped above her shoulders and has bangs. Behind her is a rough wood fence. Behind the fence tall grass grows. A wooden box sits on a tree branch behind her at left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16194
USC-1-1-1-13477 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3572
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16194
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3572.jpg
Subject
Apache Indians
Indians--Apache
Indians of North America
Women
Basket makers
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-161-; 1-164- [Microfiche number]
3572 [Accession number]
CHS-3572 [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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