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Anna Shepard at firing site, holding tongs
Anna Shepard at firing site, holding tongs
Object Number 2004.1.123.1.1886
Display Title Anna Shepard at firing site, holding tongs
Descriptions
Object Description Written on enclosure: "Miss Shepard removes the / plaques after one of her / firing experiments."
Department Photographic
Date 1938-1939
Artist Harriet S. Cosgrove
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Antelope Mesa / Awatovi
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 × 13.335 cm (3 1/2 × 5 1/4 in.)

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