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Title
Hopi Indian sentry waiting for the homecoming of the Antelope Racers, 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 a Hopi Indian sentry waiting for the homecoming of the Antelope Racers, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1896. The sentry sits enshrouded in a striped blanket upon a large rock (surrounded by a cluster of smaller rocks) with his back to the foreground. Dust covers the rock floor in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegatives, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15506
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2575
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15506
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2575.jpg
Subject
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1896
Place
Arizona
Navajo
Oraibi
USA
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
2575 [Accession number]
CHS-2575 [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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