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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an Antelope priest descending into the kiva at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, 1897. He stands on an upper rung of a wooden ladder descending into the opening of the kiva. The ladder is decorated at top. The priest's arms and chest are decorated with white paint or dried mud. He wears only a loin cloth, several necklaces and a bracelet. An adobe building is visible in the background.
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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