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"In council"
Stereograph. Image of a large group of Kai-Vav-It men, and at least two Caucasian men, sitting on the ground gathered in a circle around a fire pit.
"Waiting for the kettle to boil"
Stereograph. Image of a Kai-Vav-It family sitting around a firepit with a kettle over it. All four family members wear furs over their shoulders. Bowls and baskets are strewn about.
"Domestic scene"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a family of Kai-Vav-It Indians gathered under a cedar tree. One woman holds up her baby who is strapped to a cradleboard.
"Summer home under a cedar"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of five Kai-Vav-It men and boys seen gathered near some cedar trees. Baskets and bowls are seen on the ground around them.
"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…
"Ku-ra-tu at rest."
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of Kai-Vav-It girl Ku-ra-tu seen lounging on a rock. She wears a fringed hide dress and a beaded necklace.
"Won-si-vu and Ku-ra-tu"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Portrait of Kai-Vav-It girls Won-si-vu and Ku-ra-tu sitting together on a rock. Ku-ra-tu has her arm around Won-si-vu.
Tags: Children; Girls; Group Portraits; H. Ropes & Co.; Hillers, John K., 1843-1925; Indians of North America Arizona; Indians of the Colorado Valley; Kai-Vav-It Indians; Ku-ra-tu; Portrait photographs; Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902; Stereographs; Thompson, A. H. (Almon Harris), 1839-1906; Won-si-vu
"Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope"
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope, an adolescent Kai-Vav-It girl. She wears fringed clothing and stands on a rock formation.
"Proud of their grandson."
Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Image of a young Kai-Vav-It boy and his grandparents outside of a thatched dwelling. The woman hands the boy a small feathered headpiece.
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Old man at Labrador, said to be over 100 years old

Cabinet size albumen print. Half length portrait of an older Native American man wearing a fur lined hooded pullover sitting on the deck of a ship.