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 spectators watching the throwing of snakes into the sacred meal at Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at pueblo of Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898. The dozen or so dancers stand in a rough circle at center. They wear highly decorated skirts, animal tails, feathers, necklaces, bracelets, and leggings. Their chests, arms and faces are painted white. A large group of mostly white spectators stand in the background before the dwellings of the pueblo visible behind them.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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