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Title
Antelope Dance of the Hopi Indians
Alternative Title
Flute Dance. Hopi. Arizona.
Creator
Monsen, Frederick, 1865-1929
Date Created and/or Issued
1886
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Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
A group consisting of Hopi men, women and a child carrying objects and wearing regalia, in the midst of a dance or ceremony.
Title transcribed from item. Signed twice: on print, "Flute Dance. Hopi. Arizona | Frederick I. Monsen" and on mount, "Frederick Monsen." Print is embossed in lower left corner, "The Frederick Monsen Lectures [swastika]." Monsen's typed label on back says: " Antilope [i.e. Antelope] Dance of the Hopi Indians. Line up of Priests and maidens of the Antilope fraternity just before beginning of ceremony. Location: Michongnovi, Second Mesa, Arizona." [i.e. Mishongnovi]. Same image as (256) - variant crop. Caption on (256) says it is the Flute Dance.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : black and white print ; 30 x 45 cm
Identifier
photCL 312
414465
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/7075
Subject
Indians of North America--Southwest, New
Hopi Indians
Pueblo dance
Photographs. (aat)
Place
Second Mesa (Ariz. : Mesa)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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