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Image caption (not visible) says, “Indian spectator at the mud dance. Note the Army overcoat which he wore all through the hot day. This overcoat was one of those dropped to the Indians during a hard winter by Army bombing planes.”
Photo taken in 1933 by unknown Expedition photographer.
Image courtesy of Museum of Northern Arizona from collection MS-122, photo number 277.