An old Walapai Indian man holding cactus fruit in his hands, Kingman, Arizona, 1902 (CHS-3191)

An old Walapai Indian man holding cactus fruit in his hands, Kingman, Arizona, 1902
Photograph of an old Walapai Indian man holding cactus fruit in his hands, Kingman, Arizona, 1902.
He holds two small cactus fruits, one in each hand, in his lap. He is turned slightly to his right.
He is sitting on a stool or box covered by a striped blanket. He is wearing a checkered vest over a light shirt and trousers. A patterned bandana is tied around his neck. A hat sits on his head. Worn shoes cover his feet. His dark hair has bangs in front and is cropped straight across at his neck.
A wooden wall is behind him.


"Our old friend with the cactus fruit in his hand" -- George Wharton James.



Legacy record ID: chs-m15855; USC-1-1-1-13998
Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Filename: CHS-3191
Coverage date: 1902
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Kingman
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 3191
Microfiche number: 1-183-
Archival file: chs_Volume93/CHS-3191.tiff
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Subject (naf): James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Subject (adlf): tribal areas
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: 1902
Call number: CHS-3191
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): Arizona
Subject (file heading): Indians -- Walapai
Format: glass plate negatives
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Mohave
Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
Subject (lcsh): Men; Walapai Indians; Indians of North America