Studio portrait of a group of unidentified Native Americans from San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico. The girls wear woven dresses and shawls with bead necklaces, moccasins and leggings. The men and a boy wear a combination of traditional and Euro-American dress including cotton shirts, kerchiefs and vests with headdresses, animal skins, bone and bead jewelry; they hold a painted hide shield decorated with feathers, a staff, and arrows, two white boys wear collars and cuffs with ruffles.
Date
[between 1880 and 1900?]
Notes
Condition: Glass plate shows deterioration and retouch.; Formerly F2729.; Title hand-written on back of print; "221-N" inked on glass.; R7100302877
Description
1 photonegative : glass ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1890.; Pueblo Indians--Children--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Tewa Indians--Women--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--1880-1900.; Boys--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.; Infants--New Mexico--San Juan Pueblo--1880-1900.
Source
Source: Nast.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Glass negatives.; Group portraits.; Photographic prints.; Portrait photographs.; Imaged.; Image
