Native American Photographs

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  • Tags: Jarvis, J. F. (John Fillis), 1849-1931

"The seed gatherers"

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Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of two young Kai-Vav-It children seen holding large flat bowls, with large baskets strapped to their backs.

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"Pile of little Indians."

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Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Group portrait of a group of young Kai-Vav-It children lying on the ground close together.

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"The basket maker."

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874, Gift of R.C. Waterson, 1875. Image of an older Kai-Vav-It woman seen sitting beside a small tipi, weaving a basket.

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"The empty cradle"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Kai Vav It woman seen sitting on a stone with an empty cradleboard on the ground beside her.

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"Ku-ra-tu"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of a Kai Vav It woman standing in front of a large boulder wearing a fringed hide dress, with her proper right…

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"The arrow maker and his daughter"

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Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a Kai-Vav-It man and his daughter seen outside of a straw and mud hut. The man sits on the ground and his daughter stands…

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