Chiricahua Apache men loading oats into a separator in a field in the Whitetail portion of the Mescalero Apache Reservation.
Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
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Time Period:
1916-1916
Materials:
Techniques:
Dimensions:
3.25 x 5.5 in.
Cultures:
American Indians, Apache, Chiricahua Apache, Native Americans, North America, Plains, Southern Plains
City:
Whitetail (White Tail), Mescalero Apache Reservation
County:
Otero County
State:
New Mexico
Country:
USA
Collection History:
Reverend James Osborne Arthur (1887-1971) and his wife Katherine Arthur (1883-1960) were missionaries for the Reformed Church of America, working on the Nebraska Winnebago Reservation in 1913 and among the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apaches in the Whitetail section of the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico from 1914 to 1919. Their collection of photographs was inherited by their granddaughter, Barbara Jane Arthur Jacobs; donated to NMAI by Barbara Jacobs and her son Dr. James A. (Jamie) Jacobs in 2007.
Source ID:
NMAI_382380
Catalog Number:
N53200
Album Name:
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