Snakes in Kivi after the ceremony of washing for the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Mishongnovi, Arizona, ca.1900

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Title	Snakes in Kivi after the ceremony of washing for the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Mishongnovi, Arizona, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of a dozens of live snakes on the earthen floor of a Kiva, after the ceremony of washing for the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Mishongnovi (Mashonguavi), Arizona, ca.1900. The adjacent stone wall has some markings on it. Some snakes are partway up the wall either coming out of a hole, or hanging from a rod or pole leaning against the wall. The snakes were washed in milk.
Subject	Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
Subject (adlf)	tribal areas
Subject (file heading)	Indians -- Hopi -- Snake Dance
Subject (lcsh)	Indians of North America Hopi Indians Rites and ceremonies Snakes Dances
Geographic subject	tribal areas: Hopi Reservation
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Mishongnovi
Geographic subject (county)	Navajo
Geographic subject (state)	Arizona
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Geographic coordinates	-110.491943,35.805000
Coverage date	circa 1900
Photographer	James, George Wharton
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	3352
Call number	CHS-3352
Microfiche number	1-170-
Legacy record ID	chs-m15990; USC-1-1-1-13888
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-3352
Archival file	chs_Volume94/CHS-3352.tiff

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