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Moń-su and Sú-vu-it.

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Call NumberX-32529CreatorHillers, John K., 1843-1925Date1874SummaryTwo Native American (Paiute) girls, Mońsu and Súvuit, sit together on the ground with two arrow bags, one made from a fox pelt, in southern Utah. They both wear fringed buckskin dresses, one with necklaces.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on stereo card ; 11 x 15 cm (4 1/2 x 6 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--Utah--19th centuryPaiute Indians--Utah--19th centuryGirls--Utah--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710032529Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic 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. ThompsonNotesFormerly F30137. Label on back of print: "Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 48. Ú-ai Nú-ints. A tribe of Indians living on the Rio Virgen, a tributary of the Colorado, in Southern Utah. 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. R7100325299

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