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Title
Dancing braves in the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony with snakes in hand, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 group of 5 dancing braves in the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony with snakes in hand, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898. They have long hair. They wear armbands and necklaces. Their upper torsos are naked. They wear short patterned skirts and moccasins and long furry animal tails. They are moving in front of a group of about four chanters(?) who wear long furry animal tails. Numerous onlookers are spectating from atop the pueblo in the background as well as on the ground. One of them shades herself with black umbrella.
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-m16309
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3710
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16309
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3710.jpg
Subject
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
Arizona
Navajo
Oraibi
USA
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
3710 [Accession number]
CHS-3710 [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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