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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
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
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