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Lydia Cooyama, daughter of Qoyaiama
Object Number 975-67-10/100539.1.97
Display Title Lydia Cooyama, daughter of Qoyaiama
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "HOPI - Shoshonean / Gift of Morris Titiev / A daughter of Qoyaiama, Lydia Cooyama, one of the first Hopis ever to be Chistianized. She is wearing the old costume worn on ceremonial occasions by Hopi women."
Keywords
  • Proper Name
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Woman
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation
Materials Print, black and white Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 15.88 x 19.05 cm (6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Prof. Mischa Titiev

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