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Call NumberZ-15034CreatorChapin, Frederick H. (Frederick Hastings)Date1889SummaryClose 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.Physical Description1 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.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIndians of North America--AntiquitiesPueblo Indians--AntiquitiesPueblo Indians--Arts and craftsMesa Verde National Park (Colo.)Cliff Canyon (Colo.)Cliff Palace (Colo.)Design elementsCliff dwellingsKivasArchaeological sitesWetherill, Richard, 1858-1910Geographic AreaMesa Verde National Park (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialPhotographic printsAlbumen printsOriginal Material Found in CollectionChapin, Frederick H. Mancos Cañon. 1889.NotesTitle inked on album page. 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.Languageeng

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