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Title
People gathered around jugs of emetic brought by the Snake Priests in the Hopi Indian village of Mishongnovi, 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 about fifteen pottery jugs of the emetic brought by the Snake Priests in the Hopi Indian village of Mishongnovi, ca.1901. Seven Hopi Indian women sit nearby. Numerous other Hopi and a small group of white visitors are also visible in the background.
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-m14830
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1062
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14830
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1062.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
Arizona
Mishongnovi
Navajo
USA
tribal areas: Hopi Reservation
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
1062 [Accession number]
CHS-1062 [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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