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Snake Dance ceremony, Arizona

Natural History Museum

Object Details

Creator

Carpenter, Charles H.

Collector

Tilton, Willis G.

Names

Sosonkiwa

Collection Collector

Tilton, Willis G.

Collection Citation

Photo Lot 89-8, Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

After washing snakes in Kiva. Sosonkiwa, a priest, is wearing the costume of a Kalehtaka.
sova.naa.photolot.89-8_ref862

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32e2beae4-6449-420e-8395-0d7aaeee049f

Local Numbers

OPPS NEG.T485

Local Note

Cataloging based on examination of NAA file print.

Place

Arizona -- Mishongnovi

Creator

Carpenter, Charles H.

Collector

Tilton, Willis G.

Culture

Hopi

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Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans

Extent

1 Glass plate negative

Date

ca 1901

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Type

Archival materials
Glass plate negatives

Collection Rights

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Existence and Location of Copies

Image not displayed online by request of Hopi Tribe

Bibliography

Reproduced in FMAS, Pub. 66 ("The Mishongnovi Ceremonies of the Snake and Antelope Fraternities" by G. A. Dorsey and H. R. Voth), Volume III, Number 3, plate CXXVI--"Snake Washing. The Kalehtaka about to plunge a handful of snakes into the medicine bowl. Behind him are standing the two warriors."

Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Related Materials

Related negatives in the Field Museum of Natural History, Photography Department, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
NAA.PhotoLot.89-8_ref862
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32e2beae4-6449-420e-8395-0d7aaeee049f
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NAA

Record ID

ebl-1635868190971-1635868191149-2

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