Antelope priests and snakes in the mouths of snake priests in the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony with onlookers, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898

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Title	Antelope priests and snakes in the mouths of snake priests in the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony with onlookers, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
Description	Photograph of antelope priests and snakes in the mouths of snake priests in the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1900. They have long hair. They wear armbands and necklaces. Their upper torsos are naked. They wear short patterned skirts and moccasins and the antelope priests wear long furry animal tails. They are lined up in front of the snake kiva or kisi. One of the snake priests holds the head of a snake in his mouth. Numerous onlookers are spectating from atop the pueblo in the background as well as on the ground. One of them shades herself with black umbrella.
Subject	Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony; Indians -- Hopi -- Snake Dance
Subject (adlf)	tribal areas
Subject (lcsh)	Indians of North America Hopi Indians Rites and ceremonies
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Oraibi
Geographic subject (county)	Navajo
Geographic subject (state)	Arizona
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1898
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1898
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)	photographs
Accession number	3745
Call number	CHS-3745
Microfiche number	1-170-
Legacy record ID	chs-m16340; 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-3745
Archival file	chs_Volume95/CHS-3745.tiff

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