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People watching the throwing of snakes into the sacred meal at Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at pueblo of Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
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People watching the throwing of snakes into the sacred meal at Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at pueblo of Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1898
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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.
Asset Metadata
Title
People watching the throwing of snakes into the sacred meal at Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony at pueblo of 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., 21 x 26 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
James, George Wharton
(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-m16980
Identifier
4657 (
accession number
), CHS-4657 (
call number
), CHS-4657 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16899 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16980 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13888 (
legacy record id
), 1-170- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
), James-344 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16899
Unique identifier
UC141573
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4657.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.3 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
44.0 cm × 33.3 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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