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Title
Hopi Priest with bag of sacred meal for the Flute Dance Ceremony at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, ca.1898
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1898
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 Priest with bag of sacred meal slung from his neck for the Flute Dance Ceremony at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, ca.1898. He wears only a loin cloth and a silver necklace. His arms are decorated in white paint or dried mud. He has straight white hair hanging to his shoulders. A rocky wall is behind him.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16969
USC-1-1-1-13885 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4644
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16969
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4644.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Hopi Flute Ceremony
Indians--Hopi--Flute Dance
Indians of North America
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
-110.397217,35.832218
Arizona
Navajo
USA
Walpi
Source
1-162- [Microfiche number]
4644 [Accession number]
CHS-4644 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-305 [Identifying number]
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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