Navajo mother and child engaged in head-picking [1]

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Title Navajo mother and child engaged in head-picking [1]
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Clothing and dress; Indians of North America--Jewelry; Indian children; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Photographs; Navajo children--Photographs; Navajo women--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Keywords Diné culture; Native Americans
Tribe Navajo Nation
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Description Black and white exterior photograph of a Navajo mother picking through a child's hair. The child is lying with her head in her mother's lap, while the mother is sitting on the ground. A dog nearby rests in the shade. What looks like a stone wall or the remnants of one is behind them in the background
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
File Name P0092n02_21_414.tif
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
Rights
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s6gq9tz0
Setname uaida_main
ID 388264
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gq9tz0
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