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.
Date
[between 1880 and 1898]
Notes
Title hand-written on back of print.; R7100308271
Description
1 photoprint ; 13 x 11 cm. (5 x 4 in.)
Subject
Hopi Indians--Dance--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.; Indians of North America--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.; Pueblo Indians--Spiritual life--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.; Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Walpi (Ariz.)--1880-1900.; Rites & ceremonies--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.; Snake dance--Arizona--Walpi--1880-1900.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
