Navajo boy with first hat [1]

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Title Navajo boy with first hat [1]
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Clothing and dress; Indian children; Navajo children--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
Keywords Western hats; Native American hat; Navajo hat; Diné culture
Tribe Navajo Nation
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Description Color photograph of a young Navajo boy in profile with a red button-up shirt, long hair, and a large hat with a silver band. "His first hat -- the purchase of his first hat is an important event in the life of a Navajo boy. It marks his emergence from the carefree days of childhood into the realm of adult responsibilities." Hats worn by Navajo men are typically those with high (6 inch) crowns, and wide, flat brims
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_01_201.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/s6zk8cvv
Setname uaida_main
ID 388121
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6zk8cvv
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