IDNO

P.8813.ACH1

Description

On Catalogue Card: “Navajo butchering sheep.” “(Sent to Dr Haddon on 24th May, 1935)” [typed text]

A Navajo woman and young girl butchering a sheep in a sparse landscape with a flock of sheep in the background and hills in the distance.

Place

N America; United States of America; Arizona; Navajo Indian Reservation

Cultural Affliation

Native North American; Athapaskan; Navajo [historically Navaho]

Named Person

Photographer

Frasher, Burton (Senior) [Photographer]; Frasher Foto Inc. [Copyright Claimant]

Collector / Expedition

Date

1932

Collection Name

Mounted Haddon Collection

Source

Reichard, Gladys

Format

Print Black & White Mounted

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Place: Photograph, P.8781.ACH1, also sent by Gladys Reichard, was taken in Navajo Reservation, Arizona.

Related Image: Same image held at the Pomona Public Library with the following information:
Collection: The Frasher Foto Postcard Collection
Frasher Index #: A4734
Caption: Navajo Indians butchering Sheep, a common sight on the Reservations
Date of Photo: 1932
Original Format: Photographic Postcard, 13 x 7.5 cm.
Photographer: Burton Frasher Sr. 1888-1955
Project Title: Frasher Foto Digital Acquisitions Project
[Source: Pomona Public Library, http://content.ci.pomona.ca.us, JD 16/4/2007]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 13/4/2007]