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Five people showing Wi-gear or feather headdress. Kai-vav-its Tribe
Five people showing Wi-gear or feather headdress. Kai-vav-its Tribe
Object Number 34-120-10/100570.1.65
Display Title Five people showing Wi-gear or feather headdress. Kai-vav-its Tribe
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Paiute Indians; Kai-vav-its Tribe (Shoshonean); Showing wi-gear or feather head-dress.; Kai-vav-its. A tribe of Pai Utes living on the Kai-bab Plateau near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, Northern Arizona. By the Department of the Interior, Photographed by Hillers; x-ref: p618, p628."
Keywords
  • People and Family
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • People
Department Photographic
Date 1850-1899
Artist John K. Hillers
Culture
  • Paiute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Kaibab Plateau
Materials Albumen print Stereoview adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 11.43 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)

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