Mojave Indian woman pounding mesquite beans in a metate made from the stump of a tree, ca.1900

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Photograph of a Mojave Indian woman sitting on the ground, pounding mesquite beans in a metate made from the stump of a tree, ca.1900. She wears a woven blanket around her shoulders, a long plain skirt, and print shirt. She kneels behind the metate with a large shallow basket containing beans to the right. Behind the woman, a mud and stick dwelling with a thatched roof can be seen. A large open doorway can be seen at right. Beside the wall at left sit several containers including a crate and a pail.

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Title Mojave Indian woman pounding mesquite beans in a metate made from the stump of a tree, ca.1900

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

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject Clothing and dress (lcsh), Cookery (lcsh), Dwellings (lcsh), Indians -- Mojave (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Mohave Indians (lcsh), Mojave Indians (subject), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, 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)

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-m16041

Identifier 3414 (accession number), CHS-3414 (call number), CHS-3414 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15982 (legacy record id), chs-m16041 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13931 (legacy record id), 1-173- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15982

Unique identifier UC121033

Legacy Identifier CHS-3414.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.2 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
36.1 cm × 47.7 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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