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Title
Hopi children from a well-to-do family waiting for the Snake Dance at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, ca.1898
Creator
James, George Wharton
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 four Hopi children from a well-to-do family waiting for the Snake Dance at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, ca.1898. Two girls, wearing dresses and necklaces, stand squinting and looking straight ahead. Another girl sits on the ground cradling the head of a little boy sitting beside her. The boy wears flowers on his head and necklaces around his neck. An adobe wall is visible behind the group.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16960
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4635
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16960
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4635.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Indians--Hopi
Indians of North America
Children
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
-110.397217,35.832218
Arizona
Navajo
USA
Walpi
Source
1-168- [Microfiche number]
4635 [Accession number]
CHS-4635 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-223 [Identifying number]
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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