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 |
Publisher |
Digitized by the Denver Public Library |
File Name |
a66.jpg |
Tribe |
Navajo |
Collection Name |
X-32969 |
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. |
Type |
Image/StillImage |
Rights |
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b30rjx |
Holding Institution |
Denver Public Library Digital Collections |
Creator |
Pennington, William M. |
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 |
Setname |
uaida_main |
ID |
388469 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b30rjx |