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Antelope priests marching in the Snake Dance Ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1896
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Antelope priests marching in the Snake Dance Ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1896
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Description
Photograph of antelope priests marching in the Snake Dance Ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1896. The nine priests walk in a line. Their faces, chests, and arms are painted white. Besides moccasins, necklaces and feathers, they wear highly decorated skirts with scarf-like cloths tied around their waists and animal pelts hanging behind. They each carry a round object (perhaps an instrument) their right hands.
Asset Metadata
Title
Antelope priests marching in the Snake Dance Ceremony at Oraibi, Arizona, ca.1896
Subject
Hopi Indians
(lcsh),
Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony
(lcsh),
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
1896
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
1896
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-m17047
Identifier
4736 (
accession number
), CHS-4736 (
call number
), CHS-4736 (
filename
), plate no: James-1340 (
identifying number
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16910 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17047 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13888 (
legacy record id
), 1-170- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16910
Unique identifier
UC142059
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4736.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.9 in × 17.0 in at 300dpi
32.9 cm × 43.4 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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