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Title
Antelope priests marching in the Snake Dance Ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1896
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1896
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 antelope priests marching in the Snake Dance Ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1896. The nine priests walk in a line. Their faces, chests, and arms are painted white. Besides moccasins, necklaces and feathers, they wear highly decorated skirts with scarf-like cloths tied around their waists and animal pelts hanging behind. They each carry a round object (perhaps an instrument) their right hands.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17047
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4736
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17047
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4736.jpg
Subject
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1896
Place
Arizona
Navajo
Oraibi
USA
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
4736 [Accession number]
CHS-4736 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
plate no: James-1340 [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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