ARC 1176.012, Snake dancer and "Hugger" (Hopi)

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Record ID: 
219355
Accession number: 
ARC 1176.012
Photographer: 
Edward S. Curtis
Title: 
Snake dancer and "Hugger" (Hopi)
Summary: 

An unidentified young man taking part in the Snake dance, holding a snake in his mouth, while another dancer stands behind him (Hopi).

Created: 
ca. 1904-1906
Printed/Manufactured: 
United States, ca. 1905-1910
Copyright Date: 
©1921
Description: 
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, sepia toned ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Notes: 

Title from E.S. Curtis's The North American Indian.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).
Central figure in this image is shown in larger visual context in ARC 1176.011. NNPM

Bibliography: 
Cropped version of an image published in: Edward S. Curtis. The North American Indian (1907-1930), volume 12 (1922), facing page 142, title: "Snake dancer and 'Hugger'"; copyright: "From Copyright Photograph 1921 by E.S. Curtis".<br>NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 1, ("Moki 1904"), page 72, negative number x 1098: Snake Dance B.
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Artist page: 
Curtis, Edward S.