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Mummy and baby board, Cliff "Palace"

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Call NumberZ-15043CreatorChapin, Frederick H. (Frederick Hastings)Date1880-1900SummaryView of the mummified remains of a Native American (Ancestral Puebloan) child on a reed, rope and fabric mat with a wooden cradle board excavated from Mesa Verde National Park and stored at the Denver Museum (Colorado History Museum), in Denver, Colorado.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 AnalogAnalogSubjectColorado History Museum--Exhibitions and displays--19th centuryMesa Verde National Park (Agency : U.S.)Indians of North America--AntiquitiesPueblo Indians--AntiquitiesDenver (Colo.)AntiquitiesCradleboardsExhibitionsMuseumsInfantsMummiesGeographic AreaDenver (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialMany photographs are included in: "The land of the cliff-dwellers," copyright 1892 by Frederick H. Chapin. https://archive.org/details/landofcliffdwell00chap/page/n8Type of MaterialAlbumen printsPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromImage from C Photo Album 107, Colorado Mancos Canyon album: p.43Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Album 107. Colorado Mancos CanyonNotesNo high-resolution file is available. Title inked on album page. R7110150434DonorTanenbaum; purchase; 1950Languageeng

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