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Hopi Indian snake priests after taking the emetic during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
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Hopi Indian snake priests after taking the emetic during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
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Description
Photograph of about three Hopi Indian snake priests hunched over after taking the emetic during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898. Two of them are to the right of the kiva. A third stands on or just beyond the kiva. A dog stands and several pottery jugs lay on the ground at the feet of a standing woman beside the kiva. Several spectators stand and sit on the ground and dwellings of the pueblo in the background looking on.
Asset Metadata
Title
Hopi Indian snake priests after taking the emetic during the Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
Subject
Hopi Indians
(lcsh),
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
(subject),
Indians -- Hopi -- Snake Dance
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
Rites and ceremonies
(lcsh),
tribal areas
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arizona
(states),
Navajo
(counties),
Oraibi
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1898
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16328
Identifier
3729 (
accession number
), CHS-3729 (
call number
), CHS-3729 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16267 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16328 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13888 (
legacy record id
), 1-170- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16267
Unique identifier
UC141014
Legacy Identifier
CHS-3729.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
43.2 cm × 32.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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