ARC 1176.027, Yebichai, the beggar (Diné/Navajo)

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Record ID: 
219435
Accession number: 
ARC 1176.027
Photographer: 
Edward S. Curtis
Title: 
Yebichai, the beggar (Diné/Navajo)
Summary: 

Full-length portrait of an unidentified dancer in a crouched position, in a costume made of tree branches and sprigs, his face covered (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)
Notes: 

Title from Curtis negative logbook.
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 89715069, dated 1904 and ©1905, Curtis negative number 1055-04, title: Yebichai, the beggar; summary: Tonenili-Navajo Indian, dressed in spruce branches.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).

Bibliography: 
NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 1, ("x series"), page 71, negative number x 1056: Yebichai, - The Beggar (full fig).
Catalog Link: 
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Artist page: 
Curtis, Edward S.