ARC 1176.219, Digging out the snakes--Hopi

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Record ID:

220380

Accession number:

ARC 1176.219

Photographer:

Edward S. Curtis

Title:

Digging out the snakes--Hopi

Summary:

A group of five people stand in a field and use hoes to dig out snakes (Hopi).

Created:

ca. 1910

Printed/Manufactured:

United States, ca. 1910

Description:

1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, sepia toned ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)

Inscriptions/Markings:

Oval white sticker with red border adhered to slide at lower left.

Notes:

Title and copyright date from Library of Congress.
Image also available in the Library of Congress online catalog (viewed May 2021): Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress), LOT 12315, Library of Congress number 99471721; dated ©1907, Curtis no. 2110-06, title: Digging out the snakes--Hopi, summary: Group of Hopi Indians [identified in related images as snake priests in] using hoes to dig out snakes.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).

Bibliography:

NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 1, ("Hop 1906 continued from p. 100"), page 103, negative number x 2110: Digging out the snake.

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Artist page:

Curtis, Edward S.