ARC 1176.029, Water carrier (Mojave/Mohave)

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Record ID: 
219443
Accession number: 
ARC 1176.029
Photographer: 
Edward S. Curtis
Title: 
Water carrier (Mojave/Mohave)
Summary: 

An unidentified woman and child, the woman is carrying a jug on her head, standing at a river bank (Mojave/Mohave).

Created: 
ca. 1903
Printed/Manufactured: 
United States, ca. 1905-1910
Description: 
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, sepia toned ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Inscriptions/Markings: 
Oval white sticker with red border adhered to slide at lower left; inscription on tape along side "Mohave water carrier".
Notes: 

Title supplied by cataloger.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).

Bibliography: 
Image published in: Edward S. Curtis. The North American Indian (1907-1930), volume 2 (1908), portfolio 2, plate number 58; photogravure dated "From Copyright Photograph 1903 by E.S. Curtis", title: "Mohave Water Carrier".<br>NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 2, page 7, negative number 140: The Mojave Water Carrier.
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