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Description
Photograph of Sacred Spider Rock at the entrance to Monument Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Navajo Indian Reservation, Arizona, ca.1900. The tall spire is matched in height by a much broader rock formation behind it. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the foot of the formations in the flat sparsely vegetated area.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 22 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Cliff-Dwellers Indians of North America Cliffs Outside California--Arizona--General Cliff Dwellers Natural features--Rock formations Arizona--Monument Canyon Natural rock formations Canyons
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona USA canyons: Monument Canyon canyons: Canyon de Chelly
Source
1-80-54; 1-165-54 [Microfiche number] 4344 [Accession number] CHS-4344 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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