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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Mojave Indians mourning at the perimeter of cremated ashes, [s.d.]
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Mojave Indians mourning at the perimeter of cremated ashes, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of Mojave Indians preparing to mourn around the funeral pyre of a Chief, [s.d.]. A semicircle of Indians in European dress can be seen gathering around a stack of wood at center. In the background, a lake(?) is visible.
Asset Metadata
Title
Mojave Indians mourning at the perimeter of cremated ashes, [s.d.]
Subject
Clothing and dress
(lcsh),
Funeral rites and ceremonies
(lcsh),
Indians -- Mojave
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
Mohave Indians
(lcsh),
Mojave Indians
(subject),
religious facilities
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arizona
(states),
deserts: Mojave Desert
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint : b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)
Contributor
Southwest Native American Photograph Collection
(provenance)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22356
Identifier
46679 (
accession number
), CHS-46679 (
call number
), CHS-46679 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-21450 (
legacy record id
), chs-m22356 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13931 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
21450
Unique identifier
UC135033
Legacy Identifier
CHS-46679.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.8 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
52.9 cm × 42.3 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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