California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Spectators at the Hopi Indian village of Walpai for the Snake Dance, ca.1900-1901

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Spectators at the Hopi Indian village of Walpai for the Snake Dance, ca.1900-1901

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Photograph of a large group spectators at the Hopi Indian village of Walpai for the Snake Dance, ca.1900-1901. They are watching the grabbing of the snakes from the Kisi. Most of the spectators are Indians but there are some white men in the foreground. They all sit or stand upon rocks on a steep slope, looking down at the elaborately costumed Hopi priests.

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Title Spectators at the Hopi Indian village of Walpai for the Snake Dance, ca.1900-1901

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900/1901

Subject Dance (lcsh), Hopi Indians (subject), Hopi Indians (lcsh), Indians -- Hopi -- Snake Dance (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf), Rites and ceremonies (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), Navajo (counties), USA (countries), Walpi (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1900/1901

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm., 25 x 20 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)

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-m14949

Identifier 1250 (accession number), CHS-1250 (call number), CHS-1250 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15583 (legacy record id), chs-m14949 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13888 (legacy record id), 1-168- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15583

Unique identifier UC143085

Legacy Identifier CHS-1250.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.4 in × 17.4 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 44.2 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

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