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The arrow maker and his daughter.

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Call NumberX-32526CreatorHillers, John K., 1843-1925Date1874SummaryNative American (Paiute) man and girl pose in front of a wickiup on the Kaibab Plateau in northern Arizona. Both wear fringed buckskin clothing, the man wears moccasins. He holds an arrow making tool, on the ground beside him is a white rabbit pelt and a water basket.Physical Description1 photoprint on stereo card ; 11 x 16 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectArrow making--Arizona--19th centuryIndians of North America--Arizona--19th centurySouthern Paiute Indians--Arizona--19th centuryKaibab Plateau (Ariz.)--19th centuryAged persons--Arizona--19th centuryGirls--Arizona--19th centuryWickiups--Arizona--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710032526Type 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. ThompsonNotesLabel on back of print: "Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 1. 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."; Title from label on back of print. Vintage photographic print. R7100325265

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