Close up view of the remains of a plastered stone and masonry kiva in Cliff Palace, a North American Indian (Ancestral Puebloan) cliff dwelling in Cliff Canyon on the edge of Chapin Mesa in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. The large circular wall has vent openings and is filled with rubble that includes a large broken stone that is painted with stripes. Richard Wetherill sits in the shadows under the low cliff overhang near crumpling walls.
Description
1 photographic print : albumen ; 16 x 23 cm. (6 1/2 x 9 in.) mounted on album page 24 x 29 cm. (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of
C Photo Album 107. Colorado Mancos Canyon.
Subject
Indians of North America--Antiquities & archaeological sites; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities & archaeological sites; Pueblo Indians--Arts & crafts; Cliff Canyon (Colo.)--1880-1890; Cliff Palace (Colo.)--1880-1890; Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)--1880-1890; Archaeological sites; Cliff dwellings; Design elements; Kivas; Wetherill, Richard, 1858-1910.
Format-Medium
Photograph;
Source
Tanenbaum; purchase; 1950.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711015034
Notes
Image from C Photo Album 107, Colorado Mancos Canyon album: p.34.; Many photographs are included in: "The land of the cliff-dwellers" copyright 1892 by Frederick H. Chapin. http://books.google.com/books?id=qbFGAAAAIAAJ; Title inked on album page.; R711015034
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