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Traverse, Alfred (11)
Life
Dates:
7 September 1925–
Additional Subjects:
Ash, Sidney R. #2
Creator/Photographer:
Litwin, R.
Date
Created/Published:
1980
Location: Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Type:
color print
Size: 8.5 x 11.5
Copyright Restrictions:
unknown
Acquired:
16 September 2004
Notes: "Yietsobitsin" (written on back of photo) refers to a Navajo myth. He is the monster the Navajo had to slay when they migrated into the SW. The logs found in the Petrified Forest are the fossilized shafts of the arrows used to kill him.