On verso: "Section of the Indian trail from the canyon ruin to Square Tower House. The cliff below is almost perpendicular for over a hundred feet. A party of [risktakers] is shown climbing along the trail aided by a rope."
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.02619100
Place:
Colorado -- Mesa Verde
Collection Restrictions:
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Genre/Form:
Photographs
Collection Citation:
Photo lot 30, Jesse Walter Fewkes photographs of excavations in Mesa Verde National Park, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Kachina, Hotcani Wearing Helmet Mask, Body Paint and in Costume with Pine Boughs and Carrying Bow, Arrows and Rattle (Possibly Derived from Keresan) Drawing
Kachina Tawab (Sun God) Wearing Disc Shaped Mask, Body Paint, and in Costume and Carrying Flute and Pine Tree; Symbols of Sun Over Corn Husk Drawn on One Side Drawing
Kachina, Lenya or Lenang (Flute Kachina) Wearing Mask, Body Paint, in Costume, and Carrying Flute with Artifical and Feathers and Animal Skin on Back Drawing
Kachina, Piokot, 2, Wearing Helmet Masks with Club-Shaped Marks and in Costume Including Embroidered Sashes on Shoulders Carrying Bow, Arrows, and Rattles Drawing
Kachina, Kutca (White Kachina) Wearing White Mask with One Horn, Sunflower Symbol, in Costume, and Carrying Bow, Quiver with Arrows and Bundle of Sheep Scalpulae; on his Back Is Mountain Lion Skin Drawing
Kachina, Sio (Sio Personage) Wearing Tablita Mask, Body Paint, in Costume and Carrying Bow and Rattle; Rain Cloud Symbols and Two Pine Trees Drawn Nearby Drawing
Kachina, Citulilu, (Rattlesnake) 2, Wearing Helmet Mask Crest, Turkey Tail Feathers, Snout, Tongue with Rattlesnake on Forehead, Body Paint and Carrying Yucca Whip and Kilt Similar to Hopi Snake Priests Drawing