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Little Beaver Town
Little Beaver Town
Little Beaver Town

Little Beaver Town

Dateca. 1961
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions4 9/16 × 5 5/8 in. (11.5 × 14.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Vicki Dean Mayhew
Object numberPA1998.010.018.A
DescriptionLittle Beaver, played by Arnold Vigil, exits a hogan at Little Beaver Town on Route 66 outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Outside the hogan is a group of Native American men, women and children. Spectators can be seen sitting on a wooden bench in front of the hogan. The hogan is a log building with a mud roof. Vigil is shirtless, and wears a beaded armband, a headband with a feather in the back, a white loincloth with dark woven pants and beaded mocassins. He is weariing a bow and arrow across his back.
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