Mourning Dove posing on a Bench
Rating
Title
Mourning Dove posing on a Bench
Date Original
1916~
Description
Studio portrait of Mourning Dove , who is one of the first Native American women authors . She is wearing a traditional Native American dress and a long intricate necklace and is sitting on a bench draped with a dark cloth . In her right hand , she appears to be holding a whip . Mourning Dove , also known as Christine Quintasket , Hum-ishu-ma , and other names , is well-known for her novel , "Cogewea the Half-Blood : A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range " which depicts the story of Cogewea , a mixed- raced woman who ranches on the Flathead Reservation . This novel is one of the first literary works published by a Native American woman . She was born circa 1888 , and died on August 8 , 1936 .
Subject
Indians of North America ; Indian authors ; Mourning Dove , 1888-1936 ; Indian women ; Colville Indians ; Quintasket , Christine
Type
image
Medium
Photographs
Language
eng
Identifier
pc085b05f71_79-002
Rights Notes
In copyright. Item is in copyright for 120 years from its date of creation.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Date Digitized
2009
Source
Is found in PC 85 , Lucullus Virgil McWhorter Photographs https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc85.htm at Washington State University Libraries ' Manuscripts , Archives , and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Contributors
Mayer , Susan
Relation
ark:/80444/xv20180
Digitization
Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit color, with 3000 pixels by the long side, for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. Prints were then scanned at 24 bit, with 600 pixels by the long side, as jpeg files. These JPEGs were then added to the CONTENTdm database at WSU Libraries.
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