"Five and three are eight"

"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 ground beside them.

"Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 53. Mo-a-pa-ri-ats. A tribe of Indians inhabiting the valley of the Mo-a-pa River, a tributary of the Rio Virgen, in southern Nevada. 'Five and three are eight.' Photographed by Hillers."
Copyright 1874 by J.W. Powell, Washington, D.C.
Published by J.F. Jarvis, 479 Penn. Ave, Washington, D.C.
"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.

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer

Graphic Arts Photos Native American

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

1874