Hopi dancers line-up against a pueblo wall before the Kisi, a bower of cottonwood branches, where snakes are kept ready for the Snake Dance, Walpi, First Mesa, Arizona. The dancers wear kilts, animal pelts, moccasins, feathers, and body paint. Native American and white spectators watch from Snake Rock, adobe walls and roofs.
Description
1 photoprint ; 13 x 11 cm. (5 x 4 in.)
Subject
Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--19th century; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--19th century; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--19th century; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--19th century; Walpi (Ariz.)--19th century; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--Walpi--19th century; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--19th century
Format-Medium
Photograph
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Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710030827
Notes
Title hand-written on back of print.; R7100308271
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