California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Hopi priests after taking the emetic during a Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Arizona, ca.1896

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Hopi priests after taking the emetic during a Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Arizona, ca.1896

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Photograph of four Hopi priests regurgitating onto the ground after taking the emetic during a Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Arizona, ca.1896. A ladder sticks out of the top of the kiva behind them. A few spectators are visible (blurred) in the background.

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Title Hopi priests after taking the emetic during a Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony, Arizona, ca.1896

Subject Hopi Indians (subject), Hopi Indians (lcsh), Hopi Snake Dance (subject), Hopi Snake Dance Ceremony (subject), 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16986

Identifier 4665 (accession number), CHS-4665 (call number), CHS-4665 (filename), plate no: James-373 (identifying number), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16905 (legacy record id), chs-m16986 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13888 (legacy record id), 1-170- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16905

Unique identifier UC141709

Legacy Identifier CHS-4665.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

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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

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