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Call Number	P-758
Title	Hopi Indians
Creator(s)	Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Summary	View of Native American (Pueblo, Hopi) women who carry water containers in cloth slings and a pail near the Snake Shrine at Walpi Pueblo, First Mesa, Arizona. The Snake Shrine is a large pile of stones in which the jars for the snake washing ceremony are stored. One stone resembles a coiled snake. A dog follows the women.
Date	August, 1899
Notes	Condition: emulsion chipping on nitrate negative; red ink stains on print.; Inked on back of print: "Women bringing water from the spring. The pile of stones is the Snake Shrine, where the jars for the snake washing ceremony are stored, and a curious natural stone like a coiled snake may be seen at about the center."; Photographer's seal embossed on print.; Title inked on back of print.; Vintage photographic print.; Written on nitrate negative: "53."; Written on print: "Ind- Pueblo- Hopi".; R7001707582
Physical Description	1 photonegative : nitrate ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 16 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Is Part Of	C Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.
Subject	Hopi Indians--Women--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900. Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900. Pueblo Indians--Domestic life--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900. Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1890-1900. Walpi (Ariz.)--1890-1900. Shrines--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900. Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900. Water carriers--Arizona--Walpi--1890-1900.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Nitrate negatives.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR700170758
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00170758.tif

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