Canyon del Muerto. Standing cow ruin-Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arie [2]

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Title Canyon del Muerto. Standing cow ruin-Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arie [2]
Subject Indians of North America; Photographs; Cliff-dwellings; Picture-writing; Sandstone; Cliff-dwellings--Photographs; Petroglyphs--Photographs; Pueblo Indians--Antiquities--Photographs; Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)--Photographs; Indigenous peoples--North America
Spatial Coverage Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)
Keywords Standing Cow Ruin; Canyon del Muerto; Native Americans
Creator McGibbeny, Joseph Howard, 1891-1970
Description Standing cow ruin, Canyon del Muerto, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona. A primitive ruin featured by the unusual pictograph of a cow and calf. Seldom can a Navajo be enticed to enter the ruin of a prehistoric dwelling, called by them the 'home of the old people'. this ruin, however, is used as a storehouse by the local people, and in the fall is the cite of a corn husking bee attended by a large group of Navajo women. A view of an old dwelling by a wall of pictographs. color."
Publisher Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Type Image/StillImage
Format image/jpeg
File Name P0092n03_22_706.tif
Collection Name J. H. McGibbeny
Language eng
Rights
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Conversion Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, RGB, at 2000 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF
ARK ark:/87278/s60g6g9f
Setname uaida_main
ID 387935
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g6g9f