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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Antelope priest descending into kiva at pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, 1897
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Antelope priest descending into kiva at pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, 1897
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Description
Photograph of an Antelope priest descending into the kiva at the pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, 1897. He stands on an upper rung of a wooden ladder descending into the opening of the kiva. The ladder is decorated at top. The priest's arms and chest are decorated with white paint or dried mud. He wears only a loin cloth, several necklaces and a bracelet. An adobe building is visible in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Antelope priest descending into kiva at pueblo of Walpi, Arizona, 1897
Subject
Hopi Indians
(subject),
Hopi Indians
(lcsh),
Indians -- Hopi -- Snake Dance
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
Men
(lcsh),
Rites and ceremonies
(lcsh),
tribal areas
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Arizona
(states),
Navajo
(counties),
USA
(countries),
Walpi
(city or populated place)
Temporal Subject
1897
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 22 x 17 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
1897
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
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16970
Identifier
4646 (
accession number
), CHS-4646 (
call number
), CHS-4646 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16889 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16970 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13888 (
legacy record id
), 1-170- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
), James-308 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16889
Unique identifier
UC141607
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4646.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.0 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
33.0 cm × 43.6 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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