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Title
People watching the throwing of snakes into the sacred meal at Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at pueblo of Oraibi, 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 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
Identifier
chs-m16980
USC-1-1-1-13888 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4657
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16980
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4657.jpg
Subject
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
Indians--Hopi--Snake Dance
Indians of North America
Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1898
Place
-110.639717,35.876389
-110.639442,35.876389
-110.639442,35.874722
-110.639717,35.874722
Arizona
Navajo
Oraibi
USA
Source
1-170- [Microfiche number]
4657 [Accession number]
CHS-4657 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-344 [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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