Navajo woman dance patient [1]

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Title Navajo woman dance patient [1]
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Clothing and dress; Indians of North America--Jewelry; 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 rituals-Photographs; Diné culture; Native Americans
Tribe Navajo Nation
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Description Color photograph of a Navajo woman Squaw dance patient. While no specific disease was present, the woman was mentally depressed and in poor physical condition. Her face has been painted by a medicine man and eagle feathers tied in her hair. Note the beautiful turquoise necklaces, bracelets and dress ornaments. Photograph made outdoors on Ektachrome film with Wabash Electroflash lighting units. A profile of an older woman sitting with a blanket draped over her shoulders, her hair tied back with eagle feathers, a dark velvet shirt and many turquoise necklaces, bracelets, and rings. Her face is painted
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_170.tif
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny Photograph Collection
Language eng
Rights
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s62z42sf
Setname uaida_main
ID 388391
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62z42sf