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Description
Photograph of a Hopi Snake priest at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, ca.1897. He wears a loin cloth, moccasins, several necklaces and a bracelet. His chest and face are decorated with white paint or dried mud. He holds an animal pelt in his left hand. He stands before a rocky wall near an adobe dwelling with an exterior ladder. A wood pile is visible at right.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 22 x 17 cm., 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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