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Waggoner (Earl) Photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley
BANC PIC 2003.081--PIC
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: [Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley]
Creator:
Waggoner, Earl
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 2003.081--PIC
Physical Description:
121 photographs
in 1 box
: color prints
; 21 x 26 cm (8 x 10 format)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1958
Abstract: Includes scenes of everyday Navajo life and views of Monument Valley.
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Collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley collection was purchased from Artseal Gallery in 2002.
Arranged as received. Item list transcribed from descriptions provided by Brian Ahern, heir of the photographer.
Waggoner was an award-winning amateur photographer and a student of anthropology with a fond interest in the Navajo; born
in 1916 in Oakland, Calif.; spent some of his youth in Arizona, where he first developed relationships with the Navajo; lived
and worked as a banker in San Francisco until 1972, when he retired to Prescott, Arizona; died in 1990.
[Identification of item], Earl Waggoner photographs of Navajo in Monument Valley, BANC PIC 2003.081, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Includes scenes of everyday Navajo life and views of Monument Valley. Specific subjects include sand painting; blanket weaving;
shepherding; a healing ceremony; food preparation; buttes and other rock formations; traditional attire; a sweat lodge; agriculture;
clay grinding; horseback riding; shade houses, hogans and other structures; infants in cradleboards; and Monument Valley tour
vehicles. Individuals depicted include Billy Yellow, Suzie Black, Hite Chee, Tallis Holliday, Happy Cly, Rosie Yazzie, and
John Cly. Earl Waggoner is depicted in at least 2 photographs.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Navajo Indians -- Photographs
Sandpaintings -- Photographs
Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) -- Pictorial works
Waggoner, Earl