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Object Number
997-1-10/74696
Display Title
"Hopi maidens"
Descriptions
Object Description
"Hopi maidens," Eight girls, dressed ceremonially and carrying basketry trays. Painted photograph. The image has been brightly watercolored, and has the number 47 in the lower right-hand corner. In pencil on the back of the photo, "Hopi maidens with their hair in whorls or squash blossoms, holding their sacred mealtray in preparation of going into their ceremonial or basket dance."
Classification
- Art 2-D
Department
Prints and Drawings
Culture
- Hopi
- Southwest
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Arizona
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Navajo County
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Hopi Reservation
Materials
Watercolor on Platinum print? Gravure?
Dimensions
Overall: 15.8 x 21.1 cm (6 1/4 x 8 5/16 in.)
Provenance
Provenance
Found in the museum
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