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Call NumberX-32518CreatorHillers, John K., 1843-1925Date1874SummaryA group of Native Americans (Paiute), four girls and two boys, Kaibab Plateau, northern Arizona. The girls wear fringed dresses and thin headbands; the boys wear feather headdresses , fringed shirts and leggings. The girl in the center holds up a necklace of elk's teeth. One boy holds a bow, a pile of arrows are on the ground in front of him.Physical Description1 photoprint on stereo card ; 11 x 16 cm (4 1/2 x 6 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Arizona--19th centurySouthern Paiute Indians--Clothing and dress--Arizona--19th centuryKaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--19th centuryBoys--Arizona--19th centuryGirls--Arizona--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710032518Type of MaterialPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromIndians of the Colorado Valley. U-in-ta Utes; U. S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West / J. W. Powell and A. H. ThompsonNotesLabels on back of print: "Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 32. Kaí-vav-its. A tribe of the Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in Northern Arizona. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by J. W. Powell, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." and "H. Ropes & Co., manufacturers of Patent "Combination" Stereoscopes, and publishers of stereoscopic views, 323 Broadway, New York."; Title from label on back of print. Vintage photographic print. R7100325184DonorGoodspeed.

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