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The Frederick Monsen Ethnographic Indian Photographs
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Items 151-175
Hopi Mother and Daughter, Hair Dressing, Oraibi, Arizona

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Hopi Mother and Daughter, Hair Dressing, Oraibi, Arizona

Description: Hopi mother using a handful of straw to brush her daughter's hair.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1886 - 1911
Call number: photCL 312
Creator: Monsen, Frederick (1865-1929)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by Henry E. Huntington from Frederick Monsen, 1923.
Dimensions: images approximately 11 x 14 in. on oversize mounts approximately 21 x 26 in. +

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