Old blind Chemehuevi Indian woman sitting on the ground, ca.1900 (CHS-3501)

Old blind Chemehuevi Indian woman sitting on the ground, ca.1900
Photograph of an old blind Chemehuevi Indian woman sitting on the ground, ca.1900. She is sitting outside on sandy earth in front of some plants and clothes(?) hanging on a branch in the background. She is wearing a long dotted dress and a scarf over her head. She is barefoot. A few small stones or coals sit in a small pile in front of her. Her left arm crosses her chest as she grasps her right shoulder. Her right hand grasps her right ankle. Both legs are bent. Her left knee is up and her right knee is down.
Call number: CHS-3501
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-3501
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: 1-164-
Archival file: chs_Volume95/CHS-3501.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, 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
Subject (adlf): tribal areas
Project: USC
Accession number: 3501
Repository email: [email protected]
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-m16115; USC-1-1-1-13493
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Indians -- Chemehuevi
Subject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Chemehuevi Indians; Women
Subject: Chemehuevi Indians; Indians; Chemehuevi Indians