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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Close-up of a diamond back rattle snake, ca.1900-1920
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Close-up of a diamond back rattle snake, ca.1900-1920

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Description
Photograph of a close-up of a diamond back rattle snake, coiled with its head poised to strike (to the left) and its tail rattling, ca.1900-1920. Used in the Hopi indian snake dance. 
Asset Metadata
Title Close-up of a diamond back rattle snake, ca.1900-1920 
Subject Animals -- Reptiles -- General  (file heading), Hopi Indians  (subject), Hopi Indians  (lcsh), Indians -- Hopi -- Snake Dance  (file heading), Indians of North America  (lcsh), Reptiles  (lcsh), Rites and ceremonies  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place Arizona (states), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1900/1920 
Type images
Format 4 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm., 16 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) 
Date Created 1900/1920 
Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (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-m15622
Identifier 2792 (accession number), CHS-2792 (call number), CHS-2792 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14407 (legacy record id), chs-m15622 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13888 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14183 (legacy record id), 1-162- (microfiche number), 1-74-11 (microfiche number), 1-81-33 (microfiche number), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 14407 
Unique identifier UC143903 
Legacy Identifier CHS-2792.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.7 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
47.7 cm × 35.9 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960 
Date Created 1860/1960