File:Zahadolzhá--Navaho.jpg

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"Zahadolzhá — Navajo" (c.1904).

  • Charlie Day, a European American trader's son, costumed as a Navajo God Impersonator, in ceremonial dress including mask and body paint.[1]
Date circa 1904
date QS:P,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Library of Congress LC-USZC4-4641 (color film copy transparency)

LC-USZ62-39425 (b&w film copy neg.)
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Edward S. Curtis  (1868–1952)  wikidata:Q433128
 
Edward S. Curtis
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Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
Description American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director and screenwriter
Date of birth/death 16 February 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1952 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Whitewater Edit this at Wikidata Los Angeles
Work period 1896 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q433128
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  1. C. Pinney and N. Peterson, Photography's Other Histories, Duke University Press, 2003

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current19:55, 28 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 19:55, 28 February 2008928 × 1,131 (945 KB)Durova (talk | contribs)Levels adjusted from previous upload.
17:08, 28 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 17:08, 28 February 2008928 × 1,131 (816 KB)Durova (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description=A Navajo man, full-length, in ceremonial dress including mask and body paint. |Source=Library of Congress LC-USZC4-4641 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-39425 (b&w film copy neg.) |Date=c. 1904 |Author=Edwar

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