File:Mojave Indian woman pounding mesquite beans in a metate made from the stump of a tree, ca.1900 (CHS-3414).jpg

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English: Mojave Indian woman pounding mesquite beans in a metate made from the stump of a tree, ca.1900
  • Photograph of a Mojave Indian woman sitting on the ground, pounding mesquite beans in a metate made from the stump of a tree for mesquite flour, ca.1900.
  • She kneels behind the metate with a large shallow basket containing beans to the right. She wears a woven blanket around her shoulders, a long plain skirt, and print shirt. *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.
Call number: CHS-3414
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-3414
Coverage date: circa 1900
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: 1-173-
Archival file: chs_Volume95/CHS-3414.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Project: USC
Accession number: 3414
Repository email: specol@usc.edu
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1900
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Legacy record ID: chs-m16041; USC-1-1-1-13931
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Indians -- Mojave
Subject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Mohave Indians; Clothing and dress; Women; Dwellings; Cookery
Subject: Mojave Indians; Mojave Indians
Date circa 1900
date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/15982
Author Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

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