Maria Chiwiwi

Photographer Cobb Studio

Dateca.1900

Mediumglass plate negative

Dimensions9 9/16 × 7 11/16 in. (24.2 × 19.6 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen

Terms

Object numberPA1990.013.274.A

DescriptionA portrait of Maria Chiwiwi, the potter, of the Isleta Pueblo, posing at the Cobb Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is leaning her left elbow on the arm of a wooden chair. She is wearing a dark manta over a white long sleeve. She has several beaded necklaces around her neck and several bracelets on her wrists. Her dark hair is chin-length, parted at the side, swooping over her forehead. She is looking toward the camera.

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