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White Dog Cave
Object Number 2004.29.351
Display Title White Dog Cave
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "See neg 5769 thru 5836 / (verso) White Dog Cave / This enormous cavern, over one hundred feet in height, lies in very broken country west of the "Monuments." Its overhanging roof kept out all rain, and as no moisture ever reached its sandy floor, everything buried in it has been preserved from decay for over three thousand years."
Keywords
  • Site and Excavation
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Kiva
  • storehouse
  • Cave
Department Photographic
Date 1916
Artist Samuel J. Guernsey
Culture
  • Southwest
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / <City> / White Dog Cave
Additional Geographic Terms Marsh Pass
Materials Gelatin silver print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 25.4 x 34.29 cm (10 x 13 1/2 in.)

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