Navajo woman -- Helen Thomas [1]

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Title Navajo woman -- Helen Thomas [1]
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Clothing and dress; Indians of North America--Jewelry; Navajo women--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Jewelry--Photographs; Navajo blankets--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Navajo jewelry--Photographs; Navajo clothing-Photographs; Diné culture; Native Americans
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
File Name P0092n01_16_163.tif
Tribe Navajo Nation
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
Description Color portrait photograph of Helen Thomas. This handsome young Navajo woman, wealthy by Navajo standards, has chosen to remain single. Most Navajo girls of her age, about twenty-two, would have become mothers of several children. Helen declares that no man is going to live off her sheep. Her beautiful jewelry serves as a safe investment of surplus income. She speaks no English and received the name, Helen Thomas, from a census enumerator who could not learn her real name." She is sitting with her hands in her lap. She has lots of silver and turquoise jewelry, coins adorning her velvet shirt, and a poncho (blanket) draped over her shoulder"
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
Rights
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s6kd4v34
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Spatial Coverage Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Setname uaida_main
ID 388093
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kd4v34
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