Call Number:

PH-01733

Collection Name:

Earl Halstead Morris Photography Collection

Creator:

No. of Items:

18 items

Span Dates:

1920s-1930s

Description:

The collection consists of eighteen gelatin silver prints by archaeologist Earl Halstead Morris (American, 1889-1956) of archaeological digs of Anasazi culture in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest. Titles follow:

992:0008:0005 -- Mummy Cave Ruin in Canyon del Muerto, 1923-1929;
992:0008:0006 -- Building XVI, Site 41, La Plata, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0007 -- Looking Down on Area 3 in the Talus Village near Durango, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0008 -- Durango Rock Shelter, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0009 -- Cache pot, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0010 -- Abandoned pottery vessels after fire, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0011 -- Large Late Basketmaker III pithouse, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0012 -- Pueblo I protokiva-pithouse in the La Plata River Valley, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0013 -- Cave 3, East Trail Canyon, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0014 -- Burial of small child on rush mat, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0015 -- Navajo workmen in Canyon del Muerto, 1924;
992:0008:0016 -- Navajo workmen and women in Canyon del Muerto, 1924;
992:0008:0017 -- Stratigraphic profile in North Shelter near Durango, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0018 -- Manos or corn grounding stones, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0019 -- Small Pueblo House, East Trail, Canyon del Muerto, 1923-1929;
992:0008:0020 -- Kiva and adobe and slab room in Cave 3, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0021 -- Earl standing in jug-shaped storage pit, 1920s-1930s;
992:0008:0022 -- Sand altar for Navajo sing (curing ceremony), 1920s-1930s.

Accession No(s):

992:0008:0005-0022; Purchase, 1992 (R 12587)

Location(s):

Morris, E.H., Box (992:0008:0005-0022)
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