Navajo Indian maiden on a pony in front of a hogan, ca.1901 (CHS-3240)

Navajo Indian maiden on a pony in front of a hogan, ca.1901
Photograph of a Navajo Indian maiden on a pony in front of a hogan, ca.1901. She wears a blanket over her shoulder, a dark long-sleeved shirt, belt with large silver discs, skirt, leg wrappings, moccasins, a numerous beads around her neck. Her dark hair is tied back behind her head. The horse is facing partially to the right. Horse and rider cast a shadow toward the about four figures (mostly children) who sit in front of the earthen hogan behind the maiden. Hills rise in the distance beyond the brush dotted prairie.
Call number: CHS-3240
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946; James, George Wharton
Filename: CHS-3240
Coverage date: circa 1901
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: 1-174-
Archival file: chs_Volume93/CHS-3240.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
Accession number: 3240
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1901
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Legacy record ID: chs-m15896; USC-1-1-1-13936
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Indians -- Navajo
Subject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Navajo Indians; Horses; Women; Dwellings
Subject: Navajo Indians