Judge Klah and his wives

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Title Judge Klah and his wives
Subject Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Navajo Indians; Navajo women; Indians of North America; Navajo Indians--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Marriage customs and rites--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Native Americans
Tribe Navajo
Creator Pennington, William M.
Description Studio portrait (sitting) of Judge Klah, a Native American (Navajo) Judge or Justice of the Peace. He poses with his two wives on, and in front of, Navajo woven blankets. The women wear machine made blankets and heishi bead necklaces. Judge Klah, is also wrapped in a machine made blanket, and he wears a squash blossom necklace, a heishi necklace with a turquoise jaclaw loop, and a silver bracelet set with turquoise.
Publisher Digitized by the Denver Public Library
Date 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932
Type Image/StillImage
File Name a66.jpg
Collection Name X-32969
Rights Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library
Holding Institution Denver Public Library Digital Collections
ARK ark:/87278/s6b30rjx
Setname uaida_main
ID 388469
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b30rjx
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