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Title
Bringing green boughs for the Snake Kisi for the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at Mishongnovi, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 group of Hopi Indians bringing green boughs for the Snake Kisi for the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony in the village of Mishongnovi, ca.1900. Indians can be seen at center as they carry large bunches of tree branches on their backs. Several adobe or stone buildings are visible in a line that extends from the foreground to the background at left. A ladder leans against one in the background. A man on horseback can be seen in the background at right.
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-m14812
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1042
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14812
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1042.jpg
Subject
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Dwellings
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
Mishongnovi
Navajo
USA
tribal areas: Hopi Reservation
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
1042 [Accession number]
CHS-1042 [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
chs-m265

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