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National Geographic : 1969 May
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EKTACHROME BYWALTERMEAYERSEDWARDS(C N.G.S. reputation as it nearly engulfs men and raft. Powell narrowly escaped drowning here in 1869. as indeed most archeologists were a short time ago, if someone had suggested that man had gone there to see it 3,000 to 4,000 years earlier. One of the prime mysteries of the Grand Canyon country is associated with caves in this vicinity. Here, in 1933 and 1934, explorers found about two dozen strange figurines, each made from a single tapering willow branch, split lengthwise, with the ends wrapped back and around to form an animal (page 686). Since then, other western sites have yielded figurines. In 1954 spelunkers Arthur L. Lange and Raymond deSaussure reported seeing such figurines in four Grand Canyon caves. They also made a grisly find. While exploring the dark reaches of a cave along Cremation Creek, their heads brushed something soft. Their upturned flashlights revealed a four inch hank of human hair, wrapped in cord and dangling from two sticks. The purpose of the fetish remains unknown. 689
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