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Title
Hopi Indian altar, 1906
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1906
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 Hopi Indian altar, 1906. Three kachinas are visible standing at the head of the altar, while a painting of another kachina can be seen at right. Corn, rattles, a gourd, a sand (?) painting and other paraphernalia are visible at the altar.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 21 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16555
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4044
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16555
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4044.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Indians
Indians--Hopi--General
Indians of North America
Kachinas
Tribal areas
Time Period
1906
Place
Arizona
USA
Source
1-168- [Microfiche number]
4044 [Accession number]
CHS-4044 [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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