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- Tags: Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931
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"Tau-gu, great chief of the Pai-utes. #50" [with John Wesley Powell]
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of Tau-gu, a Paiute chief standing against a rock beside John Wesley Powell who holds a pipe in his proper left hand.
"The little hunter and his sweetheart. #49" [Mon-su and Su-vu-it]
Stereograph Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Paiute boy and girl standing outdoors together, both wearing buckskin clothing. The boy carries a quiver on his back.
Tags: Boys; Children; Girls; Group Portraits; Hillers, John K., 1843-1925; Indians of North America Utah; Indians of the Colorado Valley; Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931; Paiute Indians; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Stereographs; Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906; U-ai-nu-int Indians
"Kwi-toos and his son. No. 47"
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of Paiute man Kwi-toos standing outdoors beside his young son.
Red Cloud - 115 [Wax figure]
Stereograph of wax figure. Image of the full length wax figure of Red Cloud, a Sioux man, holding a drum.
Capt. Jack (Kintpuash)
Stereograph. Published by J.F. Jarvis, Washington, D.C. Image of a possible wax figure of the severed head of Modoc man Capt. Jack (Kintpuash) on a stand covered in buckskin.
"Five and three are eight"
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Mo-A-Pa-Ri-At Paiute man seen holding up six fingers on his two hands as another man looks on. A third man sits on the…
"San-o-kuts."
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of San-o-kuts, a Mo-A-Pa-Ri-At Paiute man, wearing fringed clothing.
"Wu-nav-ai gathering seeds"
Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of Wu-nav-ai, a Mo-A-Pa-Ri-At Paiute Indian woman, seen gathering seeds. She wears a full length skirt, is bare-chested,…
"The game of Ni-aung-pi-kai"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of six Kai-Vav-It men seen sitting on the ground engaging in a game. A group of men and boys look on.
"The necklace"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Kai-Vav-It girl seen showing three other girls and two men a beaded necklace that she holds in her hand. The two men wear feathered…
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Chilcat chief with blanket, Alaska, 1891

Albumen print mounted on grey board. Portrait of an Alaskan Chilkat chief wearing a decorative woven blanket draped over him.