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Title
Large crowd of spectators watching the approach of the antelope priests during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1898
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 large crowd of spectators watching the approach of the antelope priests during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898. The three priests walk single file at left foreground. Onlookers include both white men and women and natives alike. They stand and sit on the ground and the dwellings of the pueblo in the background. The desert is visible in the distant background.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16331
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3734
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16331
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3734.jpg
Subject
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
Arizona
Navajo
Oraibi
USA
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
3734 [Accession number]
CHS-3734 [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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