The "Pueblo Life and Work" study was shot by the Carters during two weeks in May of 1973. The work was done at Taos Pueblo, Hopi (Tewa, Moshongnovi and Third Mesa) Pueblo, Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo), and Laguna Pueblo and includes both landscape views and portraits of friends and acquaintances of the Carters. Photographs feature Kewa (Santo Domingo) jewelers Lorenzo and Vickie Tortalita, Hopi-Tewa potter Faye Avatchoya, among others. All of the photographs in this study are 11 x 14 inch black and white prints. See document 13 (Box 2, Folder) for additional descriptions.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ernest S. and Eloise Carter collection, Item Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
