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Title
Over one hundred visitors line up on the roofs of the adobe dwellings of the Hopi Indian village of Mishongnovi awaiting the Snake Dance, ca.1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a over one hundred visitors (mostly Indians) lined up on the roofs of the adobe dwellings of the Hopi Indian village of Mishongnovi awaiting the Snake Dance, ca.1901. Ladders leaning against the walls provide access to the higher levels. The people sit and stand on the wall on the left where the sun hits as they look towards a tree on the far right that is left in shade.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14825
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1057
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14825
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1057.jpg
Subject
Indians
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
Arizona
Mishongnovi
Navajo
USA
tribal areas: Hopi Reservation
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
1057 [Accession number]
CHS-1057 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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