In the Plaza of Taos

Clara E. Sipprell (1885-1975)

Date

ca. 1929
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
u.l. printed on label: In the reproduction of this photograph \ give credit to Clara E. Sipprell.
Typed on attached paper:
u.l. to c.: In the Plaza of Taos \\ Every house has a dome shaped oven outside, \ where all the baking is done. The Indians \ used to bake their food in holes dug in the \ ground. The Mexicans taught them to build \ their ovens with boughs plastered with clay. \ When the ovens are not in use, they are the \ favorite hiding spots of the innumerable \ Indian dogs. The outside ladders are the \ only means of access to the upper tiers \ of dwellings.
Collection Name

Clara E. Sipprell Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase through gift of The Dorothea Leonhardt Fund of the Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Accession Number

P1984.1.1916
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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