| Title |
Navajo woman -- Helen Thomas [2] |
| Subject |
Indians of North America; Photographs; Indians of North America--Jewelry; Clothing and dress; Navajo women--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Clothing--Photographs; Navajo Indians--Jewelry--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America |
| Spatial Coverage |
Navajo Indian Reservation; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah |
| Keywords |
Navajo jewelry--Photographs; Navajo clothing-Photographs; Diné culture; Native Americans |
| Tribe |
Navajo Nation |
| Creator |
McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970 |
| Description |
Color portrait photograph of Helen Thomas. Turquoise and silver jewelry not only provides ornamentation for its owner but serves as an investment of surplus wealth. In time of need it can be pawned in any trading post for cash or credit. A large trading post my have as much as fifty thousand dollars worth of pawned jewelry in its vault at any time between the wool and lamb buying seasons, when the pawn is usually redeemed." Helen Thomas is sitting with her arms in her lap holding her poncho. She is wearing lots of jewelry and her velvet shirt has a many silver coins adorning it." |
| 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 |
P0092n01_17_164.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/s6dn726z |
| Setname |
uaida_main |
| ID |
387924 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dn726z |
