Native American Photographs

"Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope"

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Title

"Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope"

Description

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.
"Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 27. Kai-vav-its. A tribe of Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in northern Arizona. Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope. Photographed by Hillers."
Copyright 1874 by J.W. Powell, Washington, D.C.
Published by "H. Ropes & Co. ... 323 Broadway, New York."
"U.S. Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West. By J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson."
Gift of R.C. Waterson, 1875.

Creator

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer

Source

Graphic Arts Photos Native American
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Publisher

H. Ropes & Co.

Date

1874

Citation

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer, “"Won-si-vu, or Young Antelope",” Native American Photographs, accessed December 2, 2023, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/nativeamericanphotographs/items/show/270.