• Description:

    Outdoor portrait of Cacique's daughter, a young woman, standing in front of an adobe wall (?). She wears a patterned cloth dress, deer skin boots, and a shawl or blanket. Her hair is worn in two buns gathered at the ears.

  • Culture/People:

    Taos Pueblo

  • Date created:

    September 1871

  • Photographer:

    Orloff R. Westmann, Non-Indian, 1833-1886

  • Place:

    Taos Pueblo, Taos Reservation; Taos County; New Mexico; USA

  • Format/Object name:

    Albumen print

  • Collection History/Provenance:

    German photographer Orloff Westmann shot this image at the Taos Pueblo annual festival in September 1871. No additional collection history available.

  • Dimensions:

    4 x 5.5 in.

  • Catalog number:

    P00439

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