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Title
A line of dancing braves in the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at its height, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 line of six dancing braves in the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at its height, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1900. Each of the men carries a live snake. They have long hair. They wear armbands and necklaces. Their upper torsos are naked. They wear short patterned skirts and moccasins. They are moving counterclockwise in front of a group of about four chanters[?]. Numerous people are visible spectating from the pueblo 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-m15993
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3355
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15993
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3355.jpg
Subject
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Snakes
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
Navajo
Oraibi
USA
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
3355 [Accession number]
CHS-3355 [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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