ARC 1176.023, An unidentified man (Diné/Navajo)
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Record ID:
219427
Accession number:
ARC 1176.023
Photographer:
Edward S. Curtis
Title:
An unidentified man (Diné/Navajo)
Summary:
Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of an unidentified man holding a blanket across half of his face (Diné/Navajo).
Created:
ca. 1904
Printed/Manufactured:
United States, ca. 1905-1910
Copyright Date:
©1904
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.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Image also available in the Library of Congress online catalog (viewed May 2021): Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress), LOT 12311, Library of Congress number 2003652716; dated ©1904 November 3, Curtis negative number 988, title: A son of the desert; summary: "Navajo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wrapped in a blanket that covers his mouth."
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).
Bibliography:
NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 1, page 69 (Navajo 1904), negative number x 988: A Son of the desert.
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