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Title
Priest at the Hopi Indian flute dance, Walpi (Walapi), Arizona, 1898
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
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 priest at the Hopi Indian flute dance, Walpi (Walapi), Arizona, 1898. The priest stands in the corner against an adobe wall. He wears a kilt and necklaces, and holds a flute(?) in his left hand. He has straight white hair cropped just above his shoulders. His face is wrinkled.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16966
USC-1-1-1-13885 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4641
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16966
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4641.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Hopi flute dance
Indians--Hopi--Flute Dance
Indians of North America
Dance
Rites and ceremonies
Religious facilities
Time Period
1898
Place
-110.397217,35.832218
Arizona
Navajo
USA
Walpi
Source
1-162- [Microfiche number]
4641 [Accession number]
CHS-4641 [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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