[Cliff Canyon]
Rating
Call number
NAU.PH.2005.3.2.4.2
Item number
44791
Creator
Hanks, James J.
Title
[Cliff Canyon]
Alternate title
Images from the anthropological expeditions to Kaiparowits Plateau , 1928 .
Date
1928
Type
Image
Description
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY : From 1927 to 1929 , Clyde Kluckhohn led three expeditions to the area around Kaiparowits Plateau (also known as Wild Horse Mesa) on the Navajo Nation . It is claimed that prior to these trips no Anglo person had ever ventured this deep into the reservation . Kluckhohn later wrote Beyond the Rainbow , which describes these expeditions . James J . Hanks was a member of the expeditions , acting as the primary photographer for the expeditions . The group included Lauri Sharp , Bill Gernon , and Nel Hagen . All were undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin at the time of the trips .
Collection name
Hanks, James J.
Finding aid
http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/Hanks_James.xml
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
Donor retains copyright until February 15, 2015
References
Cummings Publication Council, The discovery of Rainbow Bridge : the Natural Bridges of Utah and the Discovery of Betatakin; Kluckhohn, Clyde. Beyond the Rainbow
Subjects
Ethnological expeditions--Southwest, New Geology--Navajo Indian Reservation Natural bridges--Utah Formations (Geology)
Places
Navajo Indian Reservation Cliff Canyon (San Juan County, Utah)
Physical format
Black and white polyester film negative
Physical dimension
125 x 73 mm
Master file size
38130266
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Imacon Flextight 848
Software
Photoshop 6.0
Master color scheme
Grayscale
Master image bit depth
16-bit
Master resolution
1200
Master pixels horizontal
3323
Master pixels vertical
5737
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