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Carl Moon Photographs of Indians of the Southwest and Oklahoma, 1904-1917
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Mountain Chant. Navajo boy singing ceremonial song

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Mountain Chant. Navajo boy singing ceremonial song

Description: A Navajo boy singing while playing a drum, with view of canyon behind him.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1904-1914
Call number: photCL 313
Creator: Moon, Carl (1878-1948)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased by Henry E. Huntington for The Huntington Library from Carl Moon, 1923.
Dimensions: approximately 13 x 16 in. on oversize mounts approximately 22 x 26 in. +

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