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Record ID:
219430
Accession number:
ARC 1176.025
Photographer:
Edward S. Curtis
Title:
Laughing Singer (Diné/Navajo)
Summary:
Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Laughing Singer wearing a headband and beads, facing front (Diné/Navajo).
Created:
ca. 1904
Printed/Manufactured:
United States ; ca. 1905-1910
Copyright Date:
©1905
Description:
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, sepia toned ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Inscriptions/Markings:
Oval white sticker with red border adhered to slide at lower left.
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Image also available in the Library of Congress online catalog (viewed May 2021): Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress), LOT 12311, Library of Congress number 2003652719, dated ©1905 January 6, Curtis negative number 1061-04, title: The laughing singer; summary: Navajo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a necklace and a headband.
Bibliography:
NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 1, page 71, negative number 1061: Yebichai - The Laughing Singer (with a note in the margin referring to this and the previous photo entitled "Yebichai - The Chanter", reading: "In reality the same the latter being his name").
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