Native American Photographs

"U-Wa, wife of Chu-ar-um-peak, chief of the Kai-Vav-Its."

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Title

"U-Wa, wife of Chu-ar-um-peak, chief of the Kai-Vav-Its."

Description

Stereograph. Photographed by Jack Hillers for the US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado Valley, 1874. Full length portrait of a Kai-Vav-It woman wearing a long dress, standing against a large boulder.
"Indians of the Colorado Valley. No. 5. Kai-vav-its. A tribe of Pai Utes, living on the Kai-bab Plateau, near the Grand Canon of the Colorado, in northern Arizona. U-Wa, wife of Chu-ar-ru-um-peak, chief of the Kai-vav-its. Photographed by Hillers."
Sold 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

ca. 1874

Citation

Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer, “"U-Wa, wife of Chu-ar-um-peak, chief of the Kai-Vav-Its.",” Native American Photographs, accessed July 6, 2024, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/nativeamericanphotographs/items/show/255.