Sheep Butchering

Description

Title: Sheep Butchering
Creator: Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008
Published / Created: 1993, undated
Publication Place: Arizona
Description: The description of this slide reflects the way that Erdoes organized 35mm slides. Erdoes arranged his slides in labeled containers that were sub-divided into labeled sections. The title for this image has been transcribed from its sub-section label; images of other slides from the same sub-section share the container title. The date listed here reflects a span of known dates associated the sub-section. In some cases, titles have been expanded to note particular individuals who appear frequently and who were identified by Erdoes in captions. Individual slide captions have not been transcribed or captured during digitization.
Extent: 2 x 2 in.
20 slides
color
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA MSS S-2609
Collection Title: Richard Erdoes papers
Collection / Other Creator: Erdoes, Richard, 1912-2008
Collection Date: 1920-2008 (Bulk: 1965-1998)
Container / Volume: Box 43 | Navajo People, Riders, Sheep Herders, Sand Painters, Working People, Etc.

Format: still image
Genre: Slides (photographs)
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America --Pictorial works
Indians of North America --Subsistence activities
Navajo Indians
Navajo shepherds --Pictorial works

Access: Public
Rights: Copyright Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Citation: Richard Erdoes Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.