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Title
Pile of green boughs in the street of the Hopi Indian village of Mishongnovi for kisi or kiva for the Snake Dance, ca.1900-1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1901
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 pile of green boughs in the street of the Hopi Indian village of Mishongnovi for the kisi or kiva for the Snake Dance, ca.1900-1901. About 4 people and 4 burros are present. Ladders lean agains the adobe dwellings of the village. A small stone structure near the pile of boughs may be a well or cistern. What appears to be a dog is standing on the roof of one adobe at left.
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-m14852
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1084
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14852
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1084.jpg
Subject
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900/1901
Place
Arizona
Mishongnovi
Navajo
USA
tribal areas: Hopi Reservation
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
1084 [Accession number]
CHS-1084 [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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