ARC 1176.079, Mowa, also known as Shining Light (Nambe Pueblo)
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Record ID:
219788
Accession number:
ARC 1176.079
Photographer:
Edward S. Curtis
Title:
Mowa, also known as Shining Light (Nambe Pueblo)
Summary:
Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Mowa, or Shining Light (Nambe Pueblo) wearing body paint and beads, facing front.
Created:
ca. 1905
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 from E.S. Curtis's The North American Indian.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).
Bibliography:
Image published in: Edward S. Curtis. The North American Indian (1907-1930), volume 17 (1926), facing page 140, title: "Mowa ('Shining Light') - Nambé"; copyright: "From Copyright Photograph 1905 by E.S. Curtis".
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