Native American Photographs

"Won-si-vu and Ku-ra-tu"

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Title

"Won-si-vu and Ku-ra-tu"

Description

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.
"Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 28. 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 and Ku-ra-tu. 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 and Ku-ra-tu",” Native American Photographs, accessed June 10, 2023, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/nativeamericanphotographs/items/show/271.