Chemehuevi Indian woman basket maker with a basket on her lap, ca.1900

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Photograph of a Chemehuevi Indian woman basket maker with a basket on her lap, ca.1900. She is kneeling on the ground holding, with both hands, a small shallow round basket with a pattern woven in. She is wearing a long print dress, a plain dark button-up blouse, and a print kerchief wrapped around her head. She is gazing down at the basket. She is sitting outside in front of a large woven mesquite granary. A dark plaid blanket with tassles sits on top of the granary. Part of a native dwelling (blurred) is visible in the background at right.

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Title Chemehuevi Indian woman basket maker with a basket on her lap, ca.1900

Subject Basket makers (lcsh), Chemehuevi Indians (subject), Chemehuevi Indians (lcsh), Indians (subject), Indians -- Chemehuevi (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), tribal areas (adlf), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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)

Date Created 1900

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16117

Identifier 3503 (accession number), CHS-3503 (call number), CHS-3503 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16058 (legacy record id), chs-m16117 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13493 (legacy record id), 1-164- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16058

Unique identifier UC140695

Legacy Identifier CHS-3503.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.1 in × 18.8 in at 300dpi
35.9 cm × 47.8 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

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