Image: Two Havasupai Indian women in front of a native dwelling, Havasu Canyon, ca.1899 (CHS-3791)

Description: Two Havasupai Indian women in front of a native dwelling, Havasu Canyon, ca.1899 Photograph of an two Havasupai Indian women, Rock Jones' daughter (a basket maker) and her friend, in front of a native dwelling, Havasu Canyon, ca.1899. Jone's daughter sits on the ground with an incomplete basket in her lap. The other woman stands at right with a "Kathak" or large conical basket slung on her back. Between the two sit another kathak and a jug on the ground. The dome-shaped dwelling is formed of a lattice of sticks covered with thatching. Another dwelling is visible at right behind them. Vertical canyon walls loom in the background. Call number: CHS-3791 Photographer: James, George Wharton Filename: CHS-3791 Coverage date: circa 1899 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Format: glass plate negatives Microfiche number: 1-162-; 1-167- Archival file: chs_Volume95/CHS-3791.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): tribal areas Project: USC Accession number: 3791 Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1899 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Legacy record ID: chs-m16376; USC-1-1-1-13517 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): Indians -- Havasupai Subject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Havasupai Indians; Women; Dwellings; Clothing and dress Subject: Havasupai Indians
Title: Two Havasupai Indian women in front of a native dwelling, Havasu Canyon, ca.1899 (CHS-3791)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/16315
Author: James, George Wharton
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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